Unlike the relatively rapid cleanup after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, only 5% of the total amount of rubble created by last year’s disaster has been processed so far. Temporary sites for rubble in affected areas are being piled with the remnants of building materials and domestic appliances and furnishings, creating little mountains here and there, as rules on recycling instituted since 1995 require sorting waste by material.
与阪神大地震后的相对快速的清理工作不同，截至目前，去年大地震的废墟只清理了总量的5%。在灾区临时废墟站里，残余建筑材料、家用电器和家具堆积如山，这是因为1995年开始实施的循环利用法要求对垃圾进行分类。此外，现在也没有像神户空港这样的能利用废墟建设人工岛的计划。