Erected in the late '90s on a reclaimed island that was part of Osaka's failed bid to host the 2008 Olympics, the Maishima Plant processes some 900 tons of waste per day, operating around the clock throughout the year. Its similarly-styled counterpart, the Maishima Sludge Center, located just down the road, is used to treat and transform raw sewage into building materials such as concrete aggregate. With a combined cost of over ¥140 billion, the facilities are the newest and most technologically advanced of the city's disposal centers, which together handle an annual output of over 1.7 million tons of garbage..