welcome to the garbage-pit cocktail bar
The burning amber and orange narrow rectangles form the veil of the Terracotta Warriors, reminiscent of the rain falling on the concrete surface of the building.
Inside, a serious guitarist whispered \"Beauty and the Beast \".
This space is filled with a wide variety of citrus fruits and handmade cocktails with mushrooms.
Caramel walnut snacks and tuna and cheese platters attract attention.
But it\'s not just another of Tokyo\'s many trendy bars. The cocktail-
Sippers is looking at thousands of tons of garbage.
Plastic bags, food waste and paper
Lifted and stirred by a huge mechanical claw.
After further investigation, it was found that these cocktails were made of fruits and fungi and were rejected by supermarkets due to their \"unacceptable\" texture or shape.
These snacks are made from ingredients that have recently expired.
In fact, this is the \"Garbage Pit Bar\", named after its waste treatment center in one of the Musashino in the western suburbs of Tokyo.
Gao Qiao Mingfu, factory director, explained that the idea of starting this bar came from recognizing that garbage needs to \"change its image\" and that no one was willing to think about it, to the important things that everyone should consider.
The processing center in Musashino handles about 100 trucks a day, each carrying about 000 kg kilograms of garbage a day.
Garbage is classified as burning-
Food waste, paper, some plastic and wood
Metal, glass and PET bottles are not combustible.
Burning waste is burned.
It takes three hours to burn 2,500 kg of the garbage and restore it to ashes.
The flue gas released during this process is used to transfer electricity-
In addition to powering nearby buildings such as City Hall and District community centers, power generation turbines power the operation of all processing centers.
The excess electricity is sold to an electric company.
Ash is used as building material, mixed with cement.
Iron and other available metals are extracted from it for reuse.
PET bottles are recycled into new bottles, fabrics and stationery like ballpoint pens.
In fact, football jerseys from Arsenal, Manchester City and Barcelona have been made from recycled PET bottles from Japan for many years.
Although the glass window alone is separated from the whole process, the customers of the garbage pit bar are still not disturbed by the auditory or olfactory accompaniment of garbage disposal. Mr.
Gao Qiao explained that keeping the pressure in the mixed pit below the pressure in the surrounding area creates a smell.
The glass used to surround the pit is sound-proof.
Not all garbage disposal centers in Japan are as innovative as in Musashino.
But Japan\'s disposal of its garbage is exemplary.
Residents must classify their garbage in different categories of local authoritiesSpecify the package.
Garbage was returned.
Businesses must pay for recyclable items to be collected.
There is a growing emphasis on spending reduction.
It seems to be working.
The total amount of garbage in Tokyo was 2 in 2016.
78 million tons, below a record high of 4 tons.
9 million tons in 1989.
Of these 2016 totals, there is only one
The eighth ended in a landfill.
The rest were burned in centers like Musashino.
However, the city estimates that even considering the population decline, landfill sites in Tokyo will be filled in about 50 years with no further room for expansion.
\"It gives us a lot of thought,\" she said . \"
Kawashima and her two children and husband are at the Gomi Pit bar.
\"Everyone needs to be more careful about garbage.