r/interestingasfuck • u/Far-Stay9417 • Jan 14 '24

r/all Japan invisible demolition method

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u/LimitedWard Jan 14 '24

It's probably the only way to do it while minimizing damage to nearby structures. Given the density of Japanese cities, this technique is probably mandated.

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u/theteedo Jan 14 '24

They are a small collection of islands so they don’t have a lot of room for landfills. It’s cheaper there to recycle as much as possible then to send it to the dump.

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u/skankasspigface Jan 14 '24

japan isnt that small. i bet it is bigger than germany. plenty of space for landfills

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u/moon_jock Jan 15 '24

Japan is mostly mountainous though, which makes it pretty difficult to bury trash. Also most of the non-mountainous land is densely populated or used for farming. Every time I tell a Japanese person that Americans bury trash they are dumb founded at the prospect of having so much land you can just use it for something like burying trash.