焼却炉(しょうきゃくろ)

しょうきゃくろ
noun
incinerator
building
1. incinerator — a furnace or facility used to burn waste, garbage, or documents
A furnace or enclosed burner designed to dispose of waste material — from household garbage processed at municipal facilities to confidential documents burned at hospitals, schools, or government offices.
焼却炉(しょうきゃくろ)でゴミを燃(も)やす。
To burn garbage in an incinerator.
古(ふる)い書類(しょるい)は焼却炉(しょうきゃくろ)で処分(しょぶん)された。
The old documents were disposed of in the incinerator.
市(し)の焼却炉(しょうきゃくろ)は毎日(まいにち)大量(たいりょう)のゴミを処理(しょり)している。
The city's incinerator processes a huge amount of garbage every day.
新型(しんがた)の焼却炉(しょうきゃくろ)は有害(ゆうがい)物質(ぶっしつ)の排出(はいしゅつ)をかなり減(へ)らすことができる。
New-type incinerators can significantly reduce the emission of harmful substances.

Compound of 焼却(しょうきゃく) ('incineration, burning up') and 炉(ろ) ('furnace, hearth').

Usage

  • Used both for large municipal waste-burning facilities and for smaller on-site incinerators at schools, hospitals, and factories.
  • Small domestic incinerators (家庭(かてい)用(よう)焼却炉(しょうきゃくろ)) were once common in Japan but are now heavily restricted by air-pollution laws.
  • Frequently appears in news articles about waste management, environmental policy, and dioxin (ダイオキシン) emissions.

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Compare: 焼却場(しょうきゃくじょう) (incineration plant)
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