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They burn it :-)

• dcrazy 2y ago
  Exactly this. They just burn pretty much everything. I have no idea what the carbon capture situation is like in Japan. But at least they use the waste heat to power municipal baths.
• insane_dreamer 2y ago
  Interesting. And how do they handle the toxic fumes?
  • dcrazy 2y ago
    That is an active area of research.
  • johnea 2y ago
    They breath then, that's how...
• s0fa37 2y ago
  On this note, the exterior of an incinerator in Osaka was 'refurbished' by the Austrian artist Huntertwasser, who was certainly an interesting person. https://hundertwasser.com/en/architecture/arch122_mop_maishima_muellverbrennungsanlage_1550 https://hundertwasser.com/en/architecture/arch122_mop_maishi... If you're ever in Vienna, there is a museum of his design that is worth visiting - it's quite unlike anything I've visited before/since https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundertwasserhaus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundertwasserhaus
• f_devd 2y ago
  That's surprising to me since they have one of the best average air quality scores of any country (that's avaiable with gmaps).