3: What is the plan? 3-3

To create a recycling-based society, it is important to know how much resources are collected, consumed, and disposed of in our area. This kind of material flow is called “material balance”. The material balance in Niseko Town cannot be accurately grasped due to lack of basic data. Through this, we will infer the characteristics of the material cycle in Niseko Town. (From the Ministry of the Environment, “2001 White Paper on Recycling-Oriented Society”)

Compared to the amount of resources and products entering Japan, the amount of substances such as products that are coming out of Japan is about one seventh, and it is in an unbalanced state. In particular, the burden on nitrogen and nitrogen in the groundwater and atmospheric loads in Japan is very large, but this is caused by the importation of a large amount of nitrogen oxides from other countries, and as a result, nitrogen in the ecosystem The healthy circulation of the people is impaired.
Niseko Town, although the proportion of upland cultivation is large, it is estimated that there is less worry about excessive nitrogen than in Honshu, because it is under snow for about half a year. However, further investigation and monitoring is required. Agriculture is essentially a business that continues to produce the food necessary for our survival through reconciliation with natural ecosystems, and has continued to support the material cycle between the natural world and human society and the local economy. Was. Organic fertilizer is one of the most concentrated circulating substances. In that sense, agriculture was one of the foundations of the material cycle. However, as modern agriculture makes heavy use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the quantitative balance of circulating substances is lost, and many substances that cannot be circulated remain. Is also reality. Today's large market economy, where crops from Niseko are not consumed as much in our area as before, but do not flow through or return to markets in distant cities Also hinder the material cycle.
Therefore, in order for agriculture to return to the foundation of material circulation again, we will use clean organic fertilizer components that can circulate, aiming for clean agriculture that minimally reduces unrecyclable chemical components. And, it is necessary to increase the proportion of the agricultural crops thus made circulating through Niseko's regional market, aiming at a mechanism of "local production" (Note 21).

• Note 21: "Local production for local consumption" = agricultural products and fishery products produced in the area refers to a distribution system that consumes local consumers preferentially. In addition, by consuming garbage after consumption as a compost for local agricultural producers, local production and local consumption will form a mechanism for regional circulation.

Compared with the amount of resources and products entering Japan, the amount of recycled use in Japan is only about 11% and it can not be said that it is at an extremely low level.
On the other hand, the waste recycling rate (or resource recycling rate) in Niseko Town is higher than in the whole country, on all roads, or in the surrounding areas except Kutchan-cho.

Indicator J = Resource conversion rate (= amount of resources used in intermediate processing / amount of garbage disposal) (Bluff)

The amount of industrial and general waste generated in Japan has been at a high level, but in Niseko Town, including the waste discharged by tourists, etc., it is still higher than the national average, Hidden waste that does not appear in the data (illegal dumping) is even higher.

• Indicator K = Waste disposal volume (graph)

Japan's energy consumption is at a high level. As a result of estimating carbon dioxide emitted from households in Niseko Town using the “Environmental Household Account Book”, the average household (2.35 people) was converted to 1.98 tons of carbon per year (2000). This is almost the same level as cities in the central region (eg Chitose City). In particular, the ratio of gasoline consumption is much higher in Niseko Town, which seems to reflect the reality of lifestyles that rely on private cars.

• Indicator L = household carbon dioxide emissions

When collecting resources, substances other than the resources used may also be collected, and they are discharged as waste, etc. These are called "hidden flows". Although this occurs at a high rate with the mining industry, it is difficult to grasp the actual situation because it does not appear in general statistics. In the case of Niseko Town, "hidden flows" were lurking in the generation and disposal of splinters in agricultural products, in addition to those generated from earth and sand and building material scraps in construction work. However, large-scale prospects for resource recycling of hidden flows have opened up, such as plans to recycle agricultural products, such as splinters, into a snow-melting agent at the carbonization plant in Makkari Village, which is scheduled to start operation soon.

The relationship between our lives and the environment today is largely determined by "mass production, mass consumption, mass disposal". It is clear to everyone that this is the deep-seated background to environmental pollution. Therefore, by changing the flow of producing and selling and buying, we use things carefully (reuse: reuse), buy only the necessary amount of what we really need for our lives (self-purchase), and sustain the environment. It is necessary to create a lifestyle-oriented product society in which only products that are useful for To that end, we need to change our lifestyle from environmental impact type and environmental pollution type to environmentally friendly type. Self-purchase and reuse, start changing your lifestyle from these two.
In addition, "local production of local consumption" where the market is established with farmers and consumers looking mutually, also brings significant significance to the realization of the optimum consuming society. Local farmers and households will exchange two resources, agricultural crops and raw garbage, to create a new regional economy with optimal production, optimal consumption, and minimum disposal by two-way "local production".

• Measures to achieve goals and emphasis

1. I will regain the lifestyle that uses things carefully.
2. I devise and make something that I can make.
3. We will restore consumption life to buy only the right amount of what we really need for our lives.
4. We will create a mechanism for reuse.
5. We will promote energy conservation. → 【Priority Measures】
6. Understand the role that agriculture has contributed to the recycling of resources, and from now on we will form a circle of regional circulation of local products (consumed in the local products).
7. We will develop local products with recycled items.

• Target value: Low pollution vehicle introduction rate (public institution) = 30%
• Specific measures for achieving targets and action plan by subject

"Mix it for garbage, and separate it for resources". It's a well-established word, but there are still issues to be resolved in order to establish the reality. Niseko Town, 14 kinds of sorting have started in April 2000. As shown in the graph, the amount of garbage discharged from households has been significantly reduced in the 12th fiscal year when we introduced sorting as compared to before 14 sorting. In addition, we plan to start separate collection of raw garbage in 2002 and paper in 2003.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's “Target for Reduction of Waste” indicated in September 1999 aims to increase the recycling rate to 24% by 2010, but in Niseko Town, We have set a target to increase the recycling rate to 50%, including garbage recycling.
However, it is necessary to establish a system that distributes and disposes the separated waste at appropriate prices and costs in order for the waste to be actually turned into resources. This is not something that can only be done by the efforts of Niseko Town, so it is necessary to seek out a wide-area collaboration that includes neighboring towns and villages.

• Measures to achieve goals and emphasis

1. We will thoroughly separate waste. → 【Priority Measures】
2. When purchasing, we will purchase recycled products etc. in priority. (Green purchase)
3. We will develop resource recycling routes such as recycling.

• Target value: Recycling rate = 50% (from "Niseko Town Waste Management Basic Plan")

(= (Direct resource consumption amount + recycled amount after intermediate treatment + collection collection amount) / (total waste disposal amount + population collection amount)))

Specific measures for achieving targets and action plan by subject

Index to be the background of target value M = Composition of garbage collected from home

Niseko Town, a new garbage landfill will be operational from FY2002. However, the landfill capacity is about 8 years of garbage. Therefore, reducing waste is an urgent issue. Waste reduction by the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law, which came into effect in April 1997, has had a certain effect. is.
Also, in order to reduce the burden on the wide area garbage incineration landfill disposal system operated by the southern Shimizu regional waste wide area treatment liaison meeting (14 towns and villages) including Honcho to suppress emission of dioxin, thorough separation We need to improve resource recycling and actively promote reduction of waste.

• Measures to achieve goals and emphasis

1. Reduce garbage emissions. → 【Priority Measures】
2. I will not buy things like garbage.
3. Prevent illegal dumping of garbage.

• Target value: collection dust reduction rate achievement target = 10% (compared to 1,281 tons for 2000)

Directly loaded trash reduction rate achievement target = 5% (compared to 969 tons in 2000)

Specific measures for achieving targets and action plan by subject

• Indicator for reference of target value N = Dust discharge by sorting

Niseko Town, we plan to construct a compost center from FY2002. This is a plant that manufactures compost using raw garbage from households and offices, sludge generated from sewage treatment facilities, livestock dung, etc., as a bridge between home kitchens and farmers. . The cycle of industry and life, or the cycle of industry and industry, through the recycling of waste, forms a cluster (a state like a bunch of grapes), and ultimately aims for zero garbage.
However, this mechanism is, Niseko Town can not be easily realized only within. In this regard, it is necessary to deepen the ingenuity in a wide-area connection. At present, a wide-area garbage processing system is about to start working. In addition, there is a movement to consider a system that can conserve the Shiribetsu River basin environment over a wide area. In such a wide-area movement, you will see a mechanism that can solve problems that cannot be solved by a small cycle by linking to a large cycle. It is necessary to create the opportunity for this from our feet.

• Measures to achieve goals and emphasis

1. We encourage composting of garbage in house.
2. We will promote the composting of garbage at home and business establishments and returning to the soil making of the garden.
3. We will promote composting in the winter garden.
4. We will promote compost making by the compost center. → 【Priority Measures】

• Target value: Raw garbage composting rate achievement target = 100% (including self composting rate 10%)

Specific measures for achieving targets and action plan by subject

• Indicator as the background of the target value O = Trend of the number of garbage disposal subsidies used (graph)

Our lives and economic activities depend on fossil fuels such as petroleum, and we emit large quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Because this is an invisible gas, we never really realize that fact but it is the greatest waste produced by human activities. As a result, the balance of the moderate carbon cycle that the Earth has kept so far is destroyed, the balance of the greenhouse effect that has kept the Earth in a good living environment collapses, and various adverse effects are caused by global warming. Therefore, our global warming countermeasures will focus mainly on how to suppress the consumption of resources and energy based on fossil fuels and how to turn into substitutes and alternative energy.
According to the analysis of the "Environmental Household Account", Niseko Town has a large percentage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels such as gasoline from private cars. In addition to changing lifestyles to reconsider how to use cars, comprehensive transportation measures throughout the town are needed.

• Measures to achieve goals and emphasis

1. We will make effective use of minimum necessary resource (resource saving).
2. We will make effective use of necessary minimum energy (energy conservation).
3. We will complement the cycle of resources and energy circulation and reduce the burden on the global environment. → 【Priority Measures】
4. We will protect and nurture forests that absorb global warming gas.

• Target value: CO2 emission reduction rate = 6% reduction from 1991 (1991)

Measures for achieving targets and action items by subject

• Indicator which becomes the background of the target value P = Expected transition of carbon dioxide emissions and reduction target value