Japan: Sumitomo Osaka Cement is using debris from flooding and heavy rainfall that took place in mid-2018 in the southwest of the country as an alternative fuel and raw material for cement production. It used around 12,000t of waste in this manner by the end of July 2019. The materials have been used at its integrated Ako and Kochi plants. Previously the cement producer has used so-called ‘disaster waste’ created by earthquakes and typhoons.
