Firms to make cement from burned garbage

  • 10/03/1999

Major cement manufacturer Taiheiyo Cement Co., in collaboration with Mitsui and Co., Ltd., is planning to produce Japan's first environmentally friendly cement, made with the remains of garbage incinerated in Chiba Prefecture, it was learned Tuesday. The main constituent of the cement will be the ashes of garbage dumped by municipal governments and incinerated in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture.