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The Hitachi Environmental Fair 2004 The 15th Hitachi Environmental Fair will be held over two days on June 26th and 27th at Patio Hitachi. Hitachi citizens, a variety of private companies as well as organizations promoting the event will be involved. The purpose of the Fair is to promote environmental awareness among local people during Japan Environment Month. |
◆ 2003 Environmental Fair The theme of the last fair was “Environmental Awareness in Action”. Many families had a great time participating in the event. Over 17,000 people attended the fair. There were several different events and displays going on: Patio Hitachi: There was a pup-pet show parodying the concept of energy saving and handicraft stalls displaying items made from natural materials, such as nuts and tree leaves, which were very popular with children, and “building a solar car” workshop for kids. After completing the solar car, the kids enjoyed racing it. Marble Hall: There were a number of displays put on by private companies involved in manufacturing and technological developments relating to the environment, such as a competition to produce a trial rain water storage pool and the sale of a variety of biodegradable waste processors. Marble Hall Conference Room: In this room, visitors learned how to make post cards from milk cartons, shopping bags called “My Bag” and notebooks. Civic Center: There was an exhibition of the prize-winning photographs from the Natural Environment Photographic Contest, as well as paintings from an Elementary and Junior High School Environmental painting competition. The Globe Theater and the Science Museum offered free admission and showed the movie “Lost Animals” on a large screen. 2,100 people visited the Civic Center during the two-day event. |
| ◆ 2004 Hitachi Environmental Fair The theme of this year’s fair will be “Preserve nature and the environment for our future”. Dates: June 26 (Saturday) and 27 (Sunday) from 10am to 5pm (closing 4pm on Sunday). Location: Hitachi Civic Center, Patio Hitachi, Marble Hall and its Conference Room. Displays: Environment-related products; eco-friendly products such as stationary; local bird and plant life; school painting exhibition on nature and on volunteer group garbage reduction and recycling. Admission to the Civic Center’s Globe Theater and Science Museum will be free. As last year, a solar car workshop and race will also be on offer. |
| ◆ Waste Disposal in Hitachi – the current situation The Hitachi Environment Fair will promote waste disposal reduction. This is a big issue for Hitachi City these days. Since June 2002, Hitachi City has employed a garbage collection which sorts household generated garbage into burnable, unburnable and large items. The processing of large garbage incurs a cost. The quantity of incinerated garbage in 2002 was 86,000 tons, which was a decrease in the amount of garbage incinerated in previous years (according to the data released by Hitachi garbage incineration Center – “Ecoclean Kamine”) – But on the other hand, recycled waste and dumped waste quantities are increasing. Waste disposal processing costs are 17,000 yen per ton, including the collection, transportation, incineration and dumping of waste, amounting to an annual cost of 1.44 billion yen. ◆ “The 3-Rs Campaign” Ibaraki is promoting the “3-Rs Campaign (Reducing, Reusing and Recycling) to reduce the creation of garbage and to prevent illegal dumping, whilst trying to establish the idea of good waste disposal practice amongst the general populace. (Top of Hyotan) (home) |