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1 CITYNET Yokohama Project Office E-News Vol. 5, No. 2 February 2018 I. PIEDAR and HELP-O visit solid waste management and recycling 1. PIEDAR and facilities HELP-O in visit Yokohama solid waste management II. 22 and Japan recycling Forum: facilities Tackling Solid Yokohama Waste Management in Asia 2. 22nd CITYNET III. Japan Forum: Tackling Solid Waste Management in Asia 3. Yokohama to send DRR experts to Makati for the assessment 4. New intern from Meiji Gakuin University joins CYO This month in history: February 3, 1605 At around 2000hrs Magnitude 7.9 Nankai Earthquake triggered a massive tsunami in the Tokai region of Japan, around Nagoya. While there are no specific data on the damage, historical documents indicate high casualty and damages from the tsunami. This event has been the basis for developing expected casualty caused by Tsunami in Yokohama. I. PIEDAR and HELP-O visit solid waste management and recycling facilities in Yokohama Japan first introduced the law on Waste Management and Public Cleansing in This law is enacted for the purpose of preserving the living environment and improving public health through the restriction of waste discharge, appropriate sorting, storage, collection, transport, recycling, disposal, or the like of waste and conservation of a clean, living environment. Since then municipalities in Japan have introduced various local ordinances to separate and recycle waste resulting in effective and efficient management of waste by both local authorities as well as the private sector. Recycling in Japan is also regulated by strict codes which allows only those companies with specific licenses to operate designated recycling products. To understand the process of recycling, the representatives of PIEDAR and HELP-O visited a number of companies in Yokohama and Kawasaki where various items were being recycled through strict monitoring and quality control process. The recycling business, when supported by regulatory framework not only helps in proper management and disposal of waste but also helps maintain clean environment. Representatives from PIEDAR, HELP-O and IGES visit Takematsu Shoji company to study recycling methods 1 C YO E- News, February 2018

2 Takematsu Shoji, is one of those companies in Yokohama designated to handle industrial waste which includes disposed food items coming from large establishments such as restaurants, convenient stores and hotels. The non-food items are separated into various items such as metals, wood and plastic after which the remaining waste is crushed and sent to incineration plants. Extracted material such as metals wood and plastics are sent to specific plants who specialise in recycling the items. The food waste is first sorted manually to separate items such as plastics and other nonorganic items. It is then dried, compressed to extract grease and powdered to convert it into cattle feed. The extracted grease is recycled at a separate facility specialising in handling the substance. At a separate facility of Takematsu Group, a part of the paper recycling process was shared. The main objective of the facility was to sort paper primarily into 4 categories of cardboard, newspaper, magazines, and mixed. Once sorted, the papers are then compressed into large bundles before being transferred to a different plant for recycling. At an industrial district, the visitors were introduced to large scale recycling facility for electrical appliances and PET bottles. JFE Kankyo Corporation, recycles products such as refrigerators, washing machines and TVs. The process here also includes Food waste is carefully recycled into cattle feed through a sophisticated process Various types of waste paper is bundled together for being processed as a recycled paper dismantling of the products to extract metal items such as copper pipes, wirings, mercury, steel as well as aluminium parts. The extracted material is then transferred to a separate facility within the same company group to have it recycled. Members from PIEDAR and HELP-O inspect the quality of cattle feed produced from food waste From left: Cattle feed containing grease; Cattle feed after extracting grease; Poultry feed as pellets 2 C YO E- News, February 2018

3 To introduce recycle activity at the community level, the group also went to a charity shop operated by WE 21 which received household items as donations, which is them reused, remade or recycled for sale. The proceeds then go towards supporting children and women in other countries. WE 21 operates as an independent NPO run by volunteers for the sole objective of raising funds for extending international support. The shop sells items for a very reasonable price. Items include clothes and utensils. In order to promote goods from overseas, the shop also sells items purchased overseas as a part of fair-trade practice. WE 21, the organization operating charity shops are run by volunteers with proceeds going to developing countries The participants from PIEDAR and HELP-O were in Japan as a part of being a recipient of the project on community based solid waste management which was granted to the two organisations through CITYNET Yokohama Project Office. II. 22 nd CITYNET Japan Forum: Tackling Solid Waste Management in Asia The annual CITYNET Japan forum was held in Yokohama with the objective of sharing project details of the work that were being conducted in Islamabad and Galle through PIEDAR and HELP-O respectively. PIEDAR worked with four schools targeting 1,186 elementary students where they were oriented on Sustainable Material Management (SMM). In the schools, litter collection, waste segregation and composting were practiced. The students, through various clubs also learned about making arts and crafts from paper and plastic waste, reusing old clothing items, as well as recycling paper. During the 12- month project term, an Urdu manual on 3Rs was developed and distributed to all partner schools. Waste collection drums were also places in the schools where the children were responsible for marking and maintaining them. The four schools participating in this program are from Islamabad and Rawalpindi. As a result, around 95% of school littering was reduced, 75% of the waste sorting achieved, and the total waste generated was reduced by 50%. PIEDAR encourages children to develop items using recycled material Children oversea the segregation and management of waste bins at a school in Islamabad 3 C YO E- News, February 2018

4 HELP-O conducted their activity China Garden which is a selected community as waste collection, segregation and awareness was relatively low compared to other areas in Galle. With a population of around 1,118, the community is the heart of Galle but lacks open spaces with narrow alleys non-accessible by vehicles and increase in population. Among the major activities through the project, HELP- O organised tree planting programs, clean-up programs and glass recycling programs in addition to distributing garbage bags to the residents which was made from recycled rice bags. HELP-O organizes clean-up campaigns regularly to raise awareness on garbage collection At the beginning of the project, a stakeholders meeting was organised by HELP-O to help explain the objectives and targets for the project. This meeting was participated by municipal authorities, residents, institutions and private sector. Follow-up campaign and awareness raising programs were also held in the communities for further strengthening the understanding of waste segregation and to cooperate. The result after 18 months of project is the increased rate of waste segregation and following of the rules for the garbage collection date and time. To facilitate easier collection of waste along narrow alleys, the residents developed a collection cart with the help of HELP-O Representatives from PIEDAR, HELP-O, Dehiwala, IGES, WE21, PWEDO (Nepal), City of Yokohama Board of Education, during 22 nd CITYNET Japan Forum Mr. Chathura Welivitiya, Chairman of HELP-O shares the progress of their activities with the Japanese audience Mrs. Attia Qutub, Coordinator for Environmental Education from PIEDAR explains the production process of items made by children using recycled material Dr. Yasuhiko Hotta, Director (right) and Dr. Premakumara Gamaralalage (left) from IGES facilitate discussions during the Japan Forum 4 C YO E- News, February 2018

5 III. Yokohama to send DRR experts to Makati for the assessment The City of Yokohama is dispatching a technical assessment team composed of experts from the Fire Bureau and the Crisis Management Office to Makati in early March to conduct preliminary study of the current capacity as well as conditions of Makati s first responders and the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office. This is part of the project to support Makati in its development of the DRRM Academy. Further details will be available in the next newsletter. IV. Yokohama to host engineers from Kathmandu The City of Yokohama is organising the third and the final study visit for the engineers from Kathmandu as a part of the Training on Structural and Seismic Engineering scheduled for late March. Two more trainings are expected to be organised in Nepal later this year. Further details will be available in the next newsletter. V. New intern from Meiji Gakuin University joins CYO As a part of the continuing collaboration with Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges (YOKE), Ms. Yuki Imaizumi, a third-year student from Meiji Gakuin University majoring in American Literature is on a 100-hour internship with CYO. Part of her main tasks was to assist in managing details for the Japan Forum. Every session at CYO is inspirational and fruitful, and I am looking forward to apply the lessons I have learned to my research. Also, in terms of working internationally, this experience provides me with a good opportunity to consider what kind of areas I need to work on in the future. Thank you for this opportunity, I am really thankful to be able to join CITYNET s community. CITYNET Yokohama Project Office supports the SDGs 5F, International Organizations Center Pacifico-Yokohama, Minato Mirai Nishi-Ku, Yokohama , JAPAN TEL:(+81) FAX:(+81) info@citynet-yh.org 5 C YO E- News, February 2018