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Waste Management Facilities - YAML

Waste management facilities are establishments based on the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law, designed to reduce volume, detoxify, and recover resources from waste such as garbage and sewage. Types include incineration facilities, recycling centers, and landfill sites, each playing a crucial role at different stages of waste processing. Due to land constraints in Japan, a processing system emphasizing volume reduction through incineration has been established, with advanced facilities equipped with cutting-edge technology and environmental standards deployed nationwide.

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- code: "01"
  slug: "incineration-facility"
  name: "Incineration Facility"
  description: "Facilities that combust burnable waste at high temperatures for volume reduction and detoxification."
  types:
    - code: "01-01"
      name: "Stoker Furnace"
      description: "A method where waste is combusted while being moved on a grate. The most common type, adopted by over 70% of facilities."
    - code: "01-02"
      name: "Fluidized-bed Furnace"
      description: "A method where waste is combusted while floating in a high-temperature sand fluidized bed. Suitable for high-moisture waste and plastic."
    - code: "01-03"
      name: "Gasification Fusion Furnace"
      description: "A method where waste is gasified and then melted at high temperatures. Extends landfill life and enables resource recovery as slag."
- code: "02"
  slug: "recycling-center"
  name: "Recycling Center"
  description: "Facilities for recovering and recycling resources from waste."
  types:
    - code: "02-01"
      name: "Crushing and Sorting Facility"
      description: "Facilities that crush bulky waste and plastics, sorting and recovering ferrous and non-ferrous metals."
    - code: "02-02"
      name: "PET Bottle Processing Facility"
      description: "Facilities that wash, sort, compress, and bale PET bottles for recovery as high-quality recycled material."
    - code: "02-03"
      name: "Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Facility"
      description: "Facilities that convert waste plastics into solid fuel for use as alternative fuel in power generation and cement manufacturing."
- code: "03"
  slug: "landfill-site"
  name: "Landfill Site"
  description: "Facilities for landfilling incineration ash and non-recyclable residues."
  types:
    - code: "03-01"
      name: "Controlled Landfill"
      description: "Landfills equipped with leachate treatment facilities and impermeable liners to prevent leakage of hazardous substances."
    - code: "03-02"
      name: "Stabilized Landfill"
      description: "Open-cut landfills for stabilized industrial waste only (plastics, rubber scraps, metal scraps, etc.)."
    - code: "03-03"
      name: "Isolated Landfill"
      description: "Landfills where hazardous industrial waste is isolated behind concrete walls."
- code: "04"
  slug: "composting-facility"
  name: "Composting Facility"
  description: "Facilities that compost organic waste through microbial decomposition."
- code: "05"
  slug: "biogas-facility"
  name: "Biogas Facility"
  description: "Facilities that recover biogas from organic waste."
- code: "06"
  slug: "ash-melting-facility"
  name: "Ash Melting Facility"
  description: "Facilities that melt incineration ash at high temperatures to convert it into slag."
- code: "07"
  slug: "night-soil-treatment"
  name: "Night Soil Treatment Facility"
  description: "Facilities that hygienically detoxify and stabilize night soil."