焼却場(しょうきゃくじょう)

しょうきゃくじょう
noun
incineration plant; incinerator facility
1. incineration plant; incinerator facility; waste burning facility
A facility where waste, garbage, or other materials are burned for disposal. In Japan, municipal incineration plants are a key part of waste management infrastructure.
ゴミは焼却場(しょうきゃくじょう)で処理(しょり)される。
Garbage is processed at the incineration plant.
新(あたら)しい焼却場(しょうきゃくじょう)の建設(けんせつ)計画(けいかく)に反対(はんたい)する住民(じゅうみん)がいる。
Some residents oppose the plan to build a new incineration plant.
この焼却場(しょうきゃくじょう)は最新(さいしん)の排(はい)ガス処理(しょり)装置(そうち)を備(そな)えており、ダイオキシンの排出(はいしゅつ)を大幅(おおはば)に抑(おさ)えている。
This incineration plant is equipped with the latest exhaust gas treatment systems and significantly reduces dioxin emissions.

Compound of 焼却(しょうきゃく) (incineration) + 場(じょう) (place/facility). Japan incinerates approximately 80% of its municipal waste, making incineration plants a familiar part of urban infrastructure. Many modern facilities also generate electricity from the heat produced.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • ゴミ焼却場(しょうきゃくじょう): garbage incineration plant
  • 焼却場(しょうきゃくじょう)の建設(けんせつ): construction of an incineration plant
  • 焼却場(しょうきゃくじょう)の煙突(えんとつ): incineration plant chimney
  • 産業(さんぎょう)廃棄物(はいきぶつ)焼却場(しょうきゃくじょう): industrial waste incineration plant

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 焼却炉(しょうきゃくろ): incinerator — the furnace unit itself, not the whole facility
  • 清掃(せいそう)工場(こうじょう): waste processing plant — euphemism used by many municipalities
  • 処理場(しょりじょう): processing plant — broader term for any waste treatment facility
  • 埋(う)め立(た)て地(ち): landfill — alternative disposal method where waste is buried
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