Incinerator failure due to large volume of disaster waste received No longer accepted Nagano Chikuma November 1, 22:44
One of the incinerators broke down due to insufficient segregation at the waste incineration facility handling disaster waste in Chikuma City, Nagano Prefecture, which suffered significant damage from Typhoon # 19. It was. Therefore, we have stopped accepting disaster waste from the 21st of last month.
The Katsurao Association Garbage Incineration Site in Sakagi-cho, Nagano Prefecture, accepts waste from Sakagi-machi and Chikuma City.
According to the Katsura Association, which operates the facility, a large amount of disaster waste has been brought in due to typhoon No. 19 causing damage to over 1,600 houses in Chikuma City. It is that it has reached almost twice the amount.
However, on the 21st of last month, metals that were not originally contained in the incinerator were melted and caught in a device that moved garbage in the furnace, and one of the two furnaces broke down.
The union has stopped accepting disaster waste as it may not be able to accept ordinary household waste as it seems that it is caused by insufficient separation in processing a large amount of waste Did.
The furnace is expected to be repaired around the 4th of this month, but the extent to which disaster waste will be accepted will be reconsidered.
Takashi Miyashita, Director of the Facility Management of Katsurao Association, said, “I want to accept as much disaster waste as possible, but the remaining incinerator may break down.