The MIDAC Group is a corporate group that aims to establish a recycling-oriented society through the proper treatment of waste. Our mission is to pass on our beautiful and irreplaceable planet to the next generation, so we aim to be a leading environmental creation group and focus on solutions businesses related to industrial waste treatment and management.
We provide waste treatment services at our facilities, and we are building systems that can process a wide variety of waste.
We are fully equipped with a variety of vehicles that can transport numerous types of waste, from solids to liquids. We are also at the top of the industry in terms of satisfaction with our cleaning work.
We provide introductions to treatment companies that are not part of the MIDAC Group and provide a variety of services. We also propose appropriate waste treatments for waste that is difficult for a company to treat by itself or that is outside of a company's area of expertise.
While most of our competitors are only in the collection and transportation business or in the intermediate treatment business, the MIDAC Group has built a consistent treatment system that, through our various facilities, can do everything from collection and transportation to final treatment.
Refers to collecting waste that is produced by customers and then transporting it to a treatment facility.
Refers to processes other than final treatment, in which industrial waste that has been entrusted to us by customers is treated while taking care to reduce its weight and volume, stabilize it, detoxify it, and minimize its impact on the environment.
Treatment of collected and transported waste by incineration (weight reduction), crushing (volume reduction), and water treatment (detoxification), etc.
Refers to treatment of waste that meets landfill standards via landfill disposal or ocean disposal. There are three types of landfill disposal sites: 1. Stable landfill sites, 2. Controlled landfill sites, and 3. Insulated landfill sites.
The transportation and disposal of waste is stipulated by the "Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act" (sometimes abbreviated as the "Waste Disposal Act").
Waste is broadly classified into "industrial waste" and "general waste."
There are 20 types of "industrial waste" that are defined in the "Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act," with some "things that become industrial waste regardless of the type of business activity" and "things that become industrial waste depending on the type of business activity."
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Cinders
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Coal waste, incinerator ash, furnace cleaning waste, other incinerator residues, waste activated carbon, etc. |
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Sludge
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Mud-like substances discharged from factory wastewater treatment and manufacturing processes, construction sludge, sewage sludge, and water purification plant sludge, etc. |
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Waste oils
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Mineral oils, plant and animal oils, lubricating oils, cleaning oils, cutting oils, fuel oils, solvents, and tar pitches, etc. |
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Waste acids
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All acidic waste liquids such as photographic fixing waste liquids, waste sulfuric acids, and waste hydrochloric acids, etc. |
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Waste alkalis
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All alkaline waste liquids such as photographic development waste liquids, waste soda liquids, and metallic soap waste liquids, etc. |
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Rubber waste
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Raw rubber and natural rubber scraps |
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Metal waste
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Grinding shavings, cutting scraps, and scrap metal, etc. |
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Glass shards, concrete scraps, and ceramic shards
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Waste glass shards, brick shards, waste gypsum boards, cement scraps, and ceramic shards, etc. (Concrete waste excludes waste generated from new construction, renovation, or removal of structures) |
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Slag
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Residue from converter furnaces, blast furnaces, melting furnaces, cupola slag, and inferior ore, etc. |
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Waste plastics
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All solid and liquid synthetic polymer compounds such as synthetic resin scraps, synthetic fiber scraps, and synthetic rubber scraps (including waste tires) |
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Debris
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Concrete and asphalt debris and bricks (concrete debris generated by new construction, renovation, or removal of structures, and similar unwanted items) |
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Dust
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Dust generated at soot and smoke generation facilities, (dioxin) specified facilities, and industrial waste incineration facilities, and gathered by dust collection facilities |
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Waste paper
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Things from the construction industry (things generated by new construction, renovation, or removal of structures) Things from the manufacturing industry for pulp, paper, and processed paper products, as well as the newspaper industry, publishing industry, bookbinding industry, and printing industry Things coated or permeated with PCBs (all industries) |
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Wood chips
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Things from the construction industry (things generated by new construction, renovation, or removal of structures) Things from the wood and wood products manufacturing industry, as well as the pulp manufacturing industry, wood import wholesale industry, and goods leasing industry Things related to pallets used for the distribution of cargo Things coated or permeated with PCBs (all industries) |
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Fiber waste
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Things from the construction industry (things generated by new construction, renovation, or removal of structures) Things from the textile industry Things coated or permeated with PCBs (all industries) |
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Plant and animal residues
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Solid waste products/fermented residues from plants and animals that are used as raw materials in the food manufacturing industry, pharmaceutical industry, and fragrance manufacturing industry, as well as bread waste, soy pulp, and coffee grounds, etc. |
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Solid animal waste
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Solid waste from livestock and poultry that are slaughtered and butchered at slaughterhouses and poultry processing facilities |
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Animal manure
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Animal manure that is discharged by the livestock industry |
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Animal carcasses
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Animal carcasses that are generated by the livestock industry |
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Items treated to dispose of the above industrial wastes
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Items that are treated to dispose of the above industrial wastes but that do not fall under the above industrial waste categories, such as solidified concrete and incineration ash that has been melted and then solidified |
"General waste" is defined as "waste other than industrial waste" in the "Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act."
For general waste the type definitions and disposal methods may differ depending on the municipality.
The MIDAC Group has obtained permits for each stage of the industrial waste treatment process: Industrial waste collection and transport → Industrial waste treatment (1) (intermediate treatment) → Industrial waste treatment (2) (final treatment).
Collection and transport: We have 34 permits from 12 municipalities for industrial waste. We also have six permits from five local governments (Hamamatsu City, Iwata City, Fukuroi City, Morimachi, and Kakegawa City) for the collection and transport of general waste that is generated by offices, etc.
Intermediate treatment: We have 10 permits from five municipalities (Gifu Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Hamamatsu City, Toyohashi City, and Aichi Prefecture). At our Fujinomiya Business Office, we have also obtained a permit to incinerate general waste (waste for which local municipalities are responsible for disposing of, such as waste generated by households).
Final treatment: We have a permit from Hamamatsu City.
*All of the above permits are the number held by the entire Group.
The amount of industrial waste has not significantly changed in recent years, but neither have the number of industrial waste treatment facilities.
However, the remaining capacity of final treatment sites is trending downward, and the demand for industrial waste treatment facilities continues to be high.
In FY2019, the total amount of industrial waste generated nationwide was approx. 380 million tons (equivalent to an amount of water that would fill the Tokyo Dome stadium 306 times), which is a YoY increase of approx. 90,000 tons (equivalent to an amount of water that would fill the Tokyo Dome stadium 0.07 times). Although there have been slight increases and decreases since 2010, the total nationwide amount of industrial waste has generally remained flat over the medium- to long-term.
By industry, the electricity/gas/heat supply/water industries accounted for the largest amount of industrial waste at 25.9%, followed by the agriculture/forestry industry at 21.5%, the construction industry at 20.0%, the pulp/paper/processed paper products manufacturing industry at 8.6%, and the steel industry at 7.0%. The above five industries account for approx. 80% of the industrial waste that is generated in Japan.
In FY2019, the nationwide treatment of industrial waste had 200 million tons of recycling, 170 million tons for volume/weight reduction, and nine million tons for final treatment.
The final treatment amount has continued to gradually decline (flat for FY2019 when compared to the previous year), but there have been no major changes in the amount of recycling and volume/weight reductions over the past few years.
As of April 1, 2019, the number of licensed industrial waste treatment facilities had decreased by 36 from the previous year to 20,721, the number of intermediate treatment facilities had decreased by 17 (19,090 facilities), and the number of final treatment sites had decreased by 19 (1,631 facilities).
In FY2018, industrial waste final treatment sites had 159 million m3 of remaining capacity and 17.4 remaining years. Compared to the previous year, the remaining capacity decreased slightly, and the remaining years increased slightly.
* For the data behind these graphs, refer to the "State of the Discharge and Treatment of Industrial Waste (FY2010 to FY2018 results and FY2019 preliminary figures) (Ministry of the Environment)," the "Status of Industrial Waste Treatment Facilities and Licensed Business Operators (FY2018 results)," and the "Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and Biodiversity in Japan (Ministry of the Environment)."
Currently, the MIDAC Group's business is centered around the Tokai region, but we will expand our business to the Kanto region, where there is a strong demand for waste treatment. In developing facilities, we will expand our commercial area by utilizing both in-house development and M&A. For in-house development, we will take advantage of the know-how that we have cultivated until now in our specialized development department and make use of it in the development of our business.
On the other hand, because it takes a certain amount of time to obtain permits, we will also simultaneously consider M&A.
Each type of waste, including special industrial waste, is treated according to its characteristics:
The MIDAC Group conducts the following types of final treatment:
