Japan - Where do they put it all ?

[DebsyDoo]

Hi everyone - hope all's well with you (not been on for a while).

My question, in the light of the sheer devastation that has been caused by the Tsunami in Japan - when they are doing the "clear up" - just where do they put all the debris ?

I know it's the same for any such disaster, but I'd never thought about it before & when you see the scale of the problem, just got me to thinking about this !

[JackDiamond]

Dump it in the sea and then build an airport on top

http://en.wikipedia.o...International_Airport

[DTCwordfan]

In a disused quarry or two in each area.....it is amazing how quick clean up can be effected. I'll try and see if I can find a photo or two post hurricane Ike....

[DebsyDoo]

Lol JD !

No, I always assumed that dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes in the US, they have so much land - it wouldn't have posed too much of a problem, but in comparison Japan is such a small country.

[trt]

And what will they do with all the trucks, cars, cargo containers etc, shouldn't think they have any amenities left for crushing them?

[DTCwordfan]

It is in a locked in power point or something that gives a screen show but I have pictures of the Glaveston Isle area after the hurricane wiped that out and looking very similar to Sendai. The US govt brought up the USS Nimitz which makes the Ark Royal look like a bath boat. 7000 pairs of hands aboard and the decks given over to bulldozers, shovels, trash compactors, incinerators etc and a few helicopters. They started at the North End of the island and the Mayor was inviting back 15000 folk to their homes inside a week and another 5k to inspect their damaged properties..... Sendai and environs is obviously another magnitude of damage.......

[dr b]

Much of the debris is likely contaminated and shouldn't just be dumped in landfills. this is an interesting article about the difficulty in dealing with debris from hurricane Katrina.

http://www.pbs.org/ne.../nolatoxic_06-19.html

[Carakeel]

I would think that a lot of the wood that can be salvaged will be stored to be used to rebuild homes etc. I am sure there will be people out there trying to salvage anything usable. But as for the vehicles, trains etc, it must be an absolute nightmare to even find where to start! Even having to sift thought all the debris, with the possibility of still finding bodies etc., it has to be so terribly hard. My heart really goes out to these people. Luckily much of the infrastructure in the rest of Japan has not been affected and so '.e. plants used to dispose of or recycle scrap metal etc. can take on some of the work, but it is such a mammoth task!!

[DebsyDoo]

I agree - what with all the problems caused by the earthquake, then the tsunami - they also have the threat of radiation & now even the weather has turned against them !

Certainly puts things in perspective when I'm trying to decorate a bedroom & getting the "hump" over all the junk & where to put it all !

[R1Geezer]

I'd imagine that the unnaffected parts of the country have various recycling plants for most of the materials. It'll be used to rebuild.

[rov1100]

///Dump it in the sea and then build an airport on top///

What a good idea JD. Maybe we could copy the idea in building an airport in the Thames estuary. We have run out of places to dump rubbish, so it could be put to some use!