Potential menu of city-to-city Collaboration

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 Potential menu of City-to-city collaboration
• Eco town planning and sharing experience
• Introduction of energy saving products/technologies
from Japanese private entities
Low Carbon
• Support on Private sector collaboration, such as Kawasaki
Society Chamber of Commerce and Industry etc.
• Support on capacity development through JCM scheme
etc.

• Support on system development on car exhaust/air

Monitoring pollution/water quality / soil condition, including analysis
know-how

• Planning/implementation of solid waste collection

system
• Planning/implementation of garbage separation program
Solid Waste • Planning/implementation of compost promotion
program
• Knowledge sharing of industrial waste management
• Establishment of solid water database etc.
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 Potential menu of City-to-city collaboration

• Sharing of management knowledge on water supply /

Water supply sewerage system
/Sewerage • Sharing of water tariff collecting / water quality
management knowledge

• Planning / implementation of environmental education

Education programs

• Implementation of site tour on Kawasaki eco town etc.

Other options • Establishment of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
system

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Introduction of Japanese Advanced Products and Technologies
in terms of “Low Carbon” or “Zero Carbon”
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 Future of City-to-city collaboration

Effort to solve issues by city-to-city collaboration

Such as…..

Waste management
Climate Change
Urbanization 3R
Safe water Environmental
conservation
Smart city
SDGs

“ Win-win relationship” & “Equal partnership” 4

 Environmental Measures in Kawasaki City

Environmental
 To establish a recycling-based society, the city has
made efforts to facilitate effective use of resources measures
by, for example, promoting reduction and recycling
of raw garbage and separating such items as
papers and plastic containers for reuse as an
initiative that every citizen can take part in, and
contribute to the prevention of global warming by
reducing waste that is burnt. Optimization of
waste disposal

Continuous Measures for Measures for Measures against

Ambient Air
Monitoring
 Kawasaki City continuously
monitors pollution in the
atmosphere through its 18
monitoring stations spread
throughout the city.
 It also uses an automatic
monitoring system to
automatically check emissions
of major factories at the source
of release.
noise and
vibration
 Kawasaki City is working on the
prevention of noise and
vibration pollution by issuing
licenses based on laws and
ordinances to facilities and
works of factories or worksites
that generate noise or vibration.
Measures for
offensive odor
 The city provides guidance to
factories and worksites to
reduce the influence of
offensive odor based on the
Offensive Order Control Law
and standards specified in
related ordinances.
 Control standards for certain
22 substances that generate
offensive order
are specified in the Offensive
Order Control Law.
water
environment
 The city controls, monitors
and provides guidance, etc.
on water discharged to
public water areas by
instructing factories and
worksites to submit the
relevant notice and
conducting inspections,
instruction and on-the-spot
investigation of them based
on the laws and ordinances.
automobile
pollution
 Restricting the Operation of
Diesel Vehicles
 Promotion of Eco-driving
 Promoting the widespread
use of electric vehicles and
fuel cell vehicles

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