Higashiomi has already drawn attention from all over Japan because of its eco-friendly "Nanohana" project (rapeseed flower project) -- involving a wide range of initiatives to create the infrastructure for a regional society based on resource recycling -- which includes the cultivation of rapeseed, use of rapeseed oil for home cooking, collection of the used cooking oil, and then refining it into fuel.
東近江市發(fā)起收集廢棄食用油行動 由于發(fā)起“菜花”環(huán)保工程,東近江市已受到日本全國的關(guān)注。該工程提出一系列關(guān)于創(chuàng)建資源循環(huán)利用型社會的倡議,其中包含在油菜的種植,油菜籽油的日常食用,廢棄食用油的回收,以及最終廢油提煉燃料等方面的內(nèi)容。
To carry out the project, the city began cooperating with the local residents' association, gas stations, community councils, and companies. So far, it has collected 32,000 liters of used cooking oil, which represents 32 percent of all household-derived waste cooking oil in the city.
為大力推行該項目,東近江市攜手當(dāng)?shù)孛耖g組織、加油站、社區(qū)委員會以及一些公司。目前,該市已收集了3.2萬升的廢棄食用油,相當(dāng)于全市所有家庭日常廚房廢油的32%。