You ever wonder what happens to all the trash each day for 5 million people? Most people want to forget about it and not have to think about that. Well Osaka spent 66 billion JPY in 2001 to build this monstrosity of a facility. Not only does it serve its purpose of disposing of Osaka's trash, it makes it's own energy, it takes only 92 employees to maintain its 24/7 operation, and it looks like something from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was designed by an Austrian painter and architect Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser. He was contracted by the city of Osaka to bring design and beauty to what is commonly thought of as disgusting. The facility offers ecological educational tours to people drawn by the curious design. Interestingly enough, credit the Japanese to create such an eyesore of a building that is so efficient, it not only is maintained by a handful of people daily, but it creates enough energy to power itself and have excess energy to be sold. AMAZING!
Almost completely automated
The trash claw (look how clean it is)
Picks up 6 tons of trash in one grab
In action
Designed by Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser in 2001
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