Sapporo symposium reviews organics recycling developments
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Many different issues were discussed at the International Symposium on Biorecycling/Composting in Sapporo, Japan, in Sep 1999. K. Haga of the National Institute of Animal Industry in Tsukuba, Japan, spoke about composting technology for animal wastes, while Kazuaki Sato of the Water Quality Control Dept in Tukuba, Japan, presented a report entitled 'Status of Sewage Sludge Composting in Japan and Future Strategy.' A number of researchers from Kyoto University detailed a concept for the 'Reconstruction of a Regional Recycle System of Organic Materials.'
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1999
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Is Japan ready for a new era in waste management?
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Sanitation engineers in Japan are leading the movement to develop composting and other technologies as an alternative to incineration in the country's sewage management system. The move towards composting is partly due to the public's concern over the environmental effects of dioxins resulting from incineration. Hokkaido will host Japan's first major compost engineering conference which will be held in summer of 1999. The organizer of the conference is Yutaka Hirose, manager of the Nishihara Environmental Shikaoi Test Farm in Hokkaido.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1998
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Latest progress in anaerobic digestion
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Speakers at the Second International Symposium on Anaerobic Digestion presented a valuable insight into latest developments in this area. General issues receiving considerable attention included 'dry' and wet fermentation, phase separation systems and the carbon conversion efficiency of biological treatment processes. Several speakers addressed the economics of anaerobic digestion, and attention was also given to new approaches to digester monitoring using electronic gas sensors and near-infrared spectroscopy on liquid samples.
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Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1999
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