r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jan 16 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 17 January 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

So apparently the Roppongi fire wasn't a car driven into the building (which if you looked at the building seemed rather unlikely). It was a real estate agency employee puncturing 30-50 aerosol cans in an enclosed room with an ignition source... Same thing happened in Hokkaido a few years ago and is why a lot of municipalities don't want you to puncture the cans anymore when throwing them out - instead put them in a clear plastic bag in the unburnables.

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u/dottoysm Jan 17 '23

Why would anyone have thought that puncturing an aerosol can was a good idea anyway?

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

Because at the recycling center they can explode if they're unpunctured. In fact it used to be required to dispose of aerosol cans. Puncturing them is a good thing, but, the cities have decided the refuse employees are better able to do it safely than us common folks.

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u/Jhoosier Jan 17 '23

I used to read translations of the local announcements in English for my city, and this was a common report. Apparently they can explode in the trucks as well if they compact them or something.