Kyoto City Government Landfill site (Mountainous Landfill – 300 m height)

The East Mountainous Landfill Site is a storage structure (landfill dam) constructed in a valley in the upper reach of the Yamashina Otowa River for disposing incineration residues and incombustibles in the mountainous region. The disposal site is carefully operated to achieve great protection for the living environment and human. The area of the landfill is 156 ha, including landfill area about 24 ha. The landfill volume is about 4,500,000 m3. The operation started in FY2000 after 17 years of research and construction, starting in 1982. The project cost is approximately 52,300 million yen, and some of the cost was supported by the Japanese Government (i.e. the Federal Government). This landfill is equipped with landfill Dam, flood control and water utilisation dam, access road (4.5 km with bridges and 3 tunnels), leachate storage tank, leachate pre-treatment facility, leachate treatment facility, Otawa river erosion control dam & high temperature incinerator plant (1200oC furnace) – operating in 2010