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Japan exports waste-to-energy technology to Southeast Asia

The Ministry of the Environment of Japan will partner with some localities and businesses in the country to assist Southeast Asian countries to build waste-to-energy facilities, as a way to export infrastructure in the environment field.
Japan exports waste-to-energy technology to Southeast Asia ảnh 1The Ministry of the Environment of Japan will partner with some localities and businesses in the country to assist Southeast Asian countries to build waste-to-energy facilities. (Source: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) –The Ministry of the Environment of Japan will partner with some localities andbusinesses in the country to assist Southeast Asian countries to buildwaste-to-energy facilities, as a way to export infrastructure in the environmentfield.

The cooperation programme is expected to help around 10 cities stand out intreating wastes and turning wastes into power by the fiscal year of 2030 in abid to tackle air and sea pollution as well as severe electricity shortage inSoutheast Asia.

Davao, Quezon, and Cebu cities in the Philippines and Hanoi in Vietnam are beingconsidered for the programme.

In Southeast Asia, wastes of different types, including plastic waste, aremainly dumped, making pollution, especially water and sea pollution, becomeworse.

Japan’s waste-to-energy facilities are able to prevent such pollution by usingnon-polluting waste firing technology.

The Ministry of the Environment said there are around 380 such facilitiesacross the Japan, which account for 30 percent of the total waste treatmentfacilities.

The programme will see the partnership with Japanese city of Kita Kyushu,Yokohama, and Osaka, which will provide experience in waste management andtreatment.-VNA
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