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Delay in processing CFC gas |
Immediate installation of the diposal plants needed |
| While colletction of chlorofluoro carbon gas from used air conditioners and refrigerators spreads, resolution process seems to be minor.Municipalities arein a position to hold and stock its tunks by thier own cost. |
Tie up for RDF adoptive technology |
New Process aiming at various needs KAGIMOTO Group(Osaka) and HAMADA(Osaka) |
| Disposal company, KAGIMOTO Group, and HAMADA completed a sludge-dryer plantusing RDF as subsidiary fuel. |
Heavy metal into insoluble plaster |
Placticalize fly ash processing within next year KANKYO KOGAKU KENKYUJO(Tokyo) |
| KANKYO KOGAKU KENKYUJO invented the processing device of fly ash including heavy metal into insoluble plaster complex, and recycles them as plaster boad. |
Biodegradable resin from potatos |
Waste bags well sold in Europe |
| SAKATA INKS imports the biogradable resin from BIOTEC(Germany) for Japanese market. The resin is made from starch of potato. |
Recycle various types of paper |
Secret documents also diposable |
| NAKABAYASHI starts sale of automatic shredders covering shred, press, pack and discharge devices, and provides information on papaer collecting and recycling comapnies. |
Effective means for water content waste |
Drying process shortened by Jet water stream device |
| CHUWA KIKO invented "Vacuum Drying System". It dryes large water portion waste through the decompression device by jet water stream. |
Invented sort and crash machine |
Portable machines applying for patent |
| DAITO SANGYO sells sort and crash machines for PET bottles and cans. Also,portable ones are available. |
Dust collector with "Water Filter" |
Good for construction and disposal fields |
| NIHON SEIKI puts dust collectors on sale for construction and disposal users. Water makes it effctive to catch the dust. |
Blue print for ISO 14000 |
Enlightenment for construction companies |
| NIHON KENSETUGYODANTAI RENGOKAI(Japan construction companies association) moves for ISO 14000, and announced its planning to complete a guide book by this summer. |
Start the study on refrigeration crushing of tires |
Rubber powder for recyclable materials |
| NIHON HAITAIYA RECYCLE KYODOKUMIAI(Japan tire recycle association) starts refrigeration crushing technology for recycling tires and marketing of rubber powder. |
Capacity up to recycle office automation equipments |
Plastics into blast-furnace fuels |
FUJITSU KASEI expands its recycle business of office automation equipments. Monthly capacity is more than 400 tons. |
Start importing rough oil from Korea |
More business chances along with repeal of oil control law |
| ASADA SHOUKAI activates business thanks to repeal of oil control law. It started import of rough oil from Korea and sale reasonably for domestic market after conditioning. |
Remedy technology for polluted soils |
Practicalization within a few years |
| ISV JAPAN is studying the remedial technology to vitrify polluted soils into solid state. Basical technology is provided by GEOSAFE(USA). |
Grease trap cleaning business to start |
Under chain store system |
| DAIYA TEC starts its cleaning business of grease trap of restaurants in chain store ways. They visits clients, and provides regular check and maintainance services. |
Used cooking oil for fuel |
Less deterioration by vacuum pit |
| SHINEI DENSHI invented recycle system of used cooking oil. It purifies the oil in high quality, and expected as fuel for cars and generators. |
Robot cleaner for stacks |
Remote control available with display pannel |
| ISHIKAWAJIMA HARIMA JUKOGYO(IHI) completed robot cleaning system for stacks' rust, dust, soot and others. Operator can do remote control by display pannel. |
Toilet of low environmental impact |
No flush but processing with only a glass of water |
| IS PLAN sales new type of toilet free from sewage. Only a little water plays all processing role in disposal of feces through the undergroud pit. |
Used tires as purifiyer of rivers |
Double bebefit by recycle and cleaning stuff> |
| ACTREE MURATA cooperates with AUTO BACS, car-equipments' retailer, in order to develop the clarifying know-how of rivers using carbonized tires. |
Specify the necessity of facilities |
Basic policy of Container Recycle Law fixed |
| Basic policy on colllection/sorting and promotion in recycling containers was fixed by MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE. It mentions that processing facilities and support system of Gov't are needed. |
Sales trend of environment-related equipments |
Feb.'s amount of 140 companies |
| According to NIHON SANGYO KIKAI KOGYOKAI(Japan association of industrial machineries)'s monthly repot, this February's domestic sales amount of waste management equipments is 8.236 billion yen (Aprx. 80 million US dollars), -17.2% of last month, Jan. |
Waste liquid incinerator business intensified |
Expected greater demand by prohibition of ocean dumping |
| NITTETU KAKOKI intensified its business forward liquid incinerators along with LONDON TREATY, generally prohibiting ocean dumping of liquid industrial waste. |
Combine liner protection and leakage-check |
Lining system with double liners & draining layer |
| NIHON ZEON gave new lining system with double liners and draining layer. It consists of protection sheet device and leakage-checking mechanism. |
Discharge amount acaled by personal computer |
ISO 14000 leads more concern |
| ISHIDA ITES put an electronic industrial waste scale-datumize system on sale for discharging companies such as distributing companies and manufacturers. Computer assists scaling and data-reference, and makes it effective to reduce. |
Processing shredder-dust by electric furnace |
Pursue effective recycle and lower cost |
| TOPY KOGYO completed a method to pyrolyze shredder-dust for fuel of electric furnace. Major process is to carbonize the dust in low temp. and burn it as carbide. |
Glass waste into substitute of paving stuff |
Powder for sands |
| NIKKO provided a device of glass recycle. It pulverizes glass and uses its powder as subsidiary of asphalt and concrete. |
Recycle used paper as buffer |
Sales increase in Europe |
| WATAKON's paper recycle machines are on good sale especially in Europe. It automatically shreds paper like newspaper and carton, and convert it to buffer. |
Vigor by Jump in heavy oil price |
Caution arisen against charging collection of used oil |
| In OIL RECYCLING INDUSTRY, people expect higher selling prices of recycled heavy oil along together higher ones of virgin heavy oil. Virgin oil's prices ever before influenced by high ratio of Yen started to go up since the end of last year. |
The largest ammount of sales scored |
More than 2 billion Yen for the next plant investment |
| DAISEKI, major oil diposal company and the first achiever of counter stock in industrial waste disposal industry last July, presented the largest amount of sales, 9.02 billion Yen(aprx.85 million US dollars), in the 38th statement of accounts. It plans to put 2.24 billion Yen(Aprx. 21 million US dollarts) for the next plant investment. |
PCB treatment to be practicalized |
Alkali catalyst decomposition device |
| EBARA nearly practicalizes chemical destruction process of PCB-related wastes. The process adopts alkali catalyst decomposition device. |
Plastic liquefaction plant |
Compact and low cost for industrial waste managers |
| SUMIKIN MANAGEMENT tied up with ECUARL and started sale of plastic liquefaction plant based on heat-fluid technology. |
Completed mass-producing model of bottle sorter |
Available for returnable bottles, too |
| MORITA PUMP completed plactical model of bottle sorter. Input 36 patterns data of shapes and colors, this sorter is able to identify one-way bottles and returnable ones to recycle. |
Working Group started for food waste recycle |
"Generous Net Work" as motto |
| ALL JAPAN NET WORK OF FOOD-WASTE RECYCLE was founded at Citizens' Life Center, Tokyo, on April 26, 1996. 68 domestic leaders of food-waste recycling plays major role in operation. |
Comes into waste management industry |
Sewage sludge processing by charcoal coagulant |
| MITSUBISHI MATERIAL comes into waste management industry. It makes specialtie-up with HIKARI SEIKO(Saitama) to receive the coagulant made from charcoal powder for treating sewage sludge, and plans to install the test facility by around this fall. |
High-speed compostizer in Taiwan |
5tons/day × 8 equipments |
| N.I.TECHNO installed 8 compostizers at a Taiwanese company managing food waste. Total capacity is up to 40 tons per day. |
TVs to recycle |
Test plant completed in west Japan |
| KADEN SEIHIN KYOKAI(Association of Electric House Appliances) A test plant installed in Osaka city by KADEN SEIHIN KYOKAI started its operation on May 10, 1996. It processes used TVs and recycles picture-tubes' glass. Capacity is 100,000 sets per year. |
White paper of CFC gas collection |
Still, low recovery rate in paractice |
| On May 15, Environment Agency presented a white paper of CFC gas collection inquiry made to all prefectures and major cities last December in Japan. Recovery rate is still low as the collected CFC gas from refrigirators and air conditioners counted less than 50% in practice. |
Sales trend of environment-related equipments |
Spreading demand for industrial use |
| Japan asssociation of indusutrial machineries reported on 1995's sales trend of environment-related equipments and machineries, inquiries made to domestic abt. 140 companies. Total ammount of waste management hardwares is 517.5billion Yen, 75% to the previouis year(aprx. 4.8 billion US dollars). |
Bucket-style concrete crusher |
Attached to shovel loader |
| JACTY ENGINEERING COMPANY started sales of bucket-style concrete crushers which can be adopted to the arm of shovel loaders. |
News in cans' and glass bottles' recycling |
PLUS-α system coming up |
| SAKURAYA presents a new-style recycling system of cans and glass bottles covering collection and refunding. Definite plan includes automatic collecting, sorting, counting and refunding for providers of cans, glass bottles and PET bottles in mechanical ways. |
Invented woody ECO-BOAD |
Pulp for adhesive |
| Oita Science and Technology Center of Industry succeeded in compounding recycled pulp and wood chips into a foamed woody boad without chemical adhesive. |
Electrolys is Purifier for waste water |
Durable electrode realizing long-life operation |
| ATOMTEC presented electrolysis purifier for organic waste water. It devices an aeration proccess by the bubles of water electrolysis. |
Various containers and trays from wood rubbish |
Substitution of plastics |
| On May 15, WAKAYAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY invented a new technology to convert wood materials into plastic stuff. |
PS recycling in high quality |
New style using Limonen |
| MITSUI ZOSEN begins selling new PS recycle machines based on dense fluid devaporization method. The recycle system is able to recover high quality PS element through D-limonen solvent. |
Mini-pelletizer up for market |
Taking over Twin-Dices system |
| KAKIUCHI let mini-pelletizer up for market. It says that characteristic is its original Twin-Dices extruder suggesting higher efficiency than roller-extruder types. |
Ariake's new hall, TOKYO BIG SIGHT, for WADEX '96 |
DSD, JETRO and others available to internationalize '96 WADEX(1996's Waste Disposal Exhibition in Tokyo) |
| The 5th WADEX (May 28-31) received 343 exhibitiors and 1226 boothes, and it enjoyed the largest scale of exhibition ever before. This WADEX's point was its internationality of DSD and JETRO as well as Swedish and Korean exhibitors, and unique presentations were provided by numbers of citizens' groups, for example, Active Partnerships through Waste, Japan Recycle Network of Kitchen-Waste, JapanAssociation of "STOP CFC", The Group for Milk-carton Recycling, Association of Recycled Soap, Paper Recycle Citizen's Network, Offices' Network and etc. |
Revision of cleaning regulationto be practiced for charged collection of enterprisers' MSW(Municipal Solid Waste) at Tokyo Assembly TOKYO PREF. |
| "A bill of revision for Tokyo's regulation of waste-management and recycle" including imposition of chargeable collection of enterprisers' MSW was decided to be in force at 1996's 1st Assembly of Tokyo Pref. Enforcement is scheduled after this Dec. 1st with exception for small-scale companies by 1-year exemption of collection charges prior to systemizing recycle network. Relatively, paper recycle seems to be higher recovery rate in market activities. |
Bottom ash to slag |
TOKYO PREF. |
| Ota incineration plant, only a plant operating an ash-melting furnace in Tokyo's 23 wards, is taking advantage of its volume reduction management with 2 electric melters(250 tons/day each). |
Slag for recycle |
| Eastern Cleaning Bureau of Saitama Pref. installs arc-electric melting furnace of 80 tons' capacity/day. 45 tons of bottom ash per day is reduced to 1/3 in volume after melting proccess. |
Permeable block from ash |
| A tile manufacturer in Funabashi City started experiment on bottom ash for permeable block. 6 tons of artificial aggregate and 6 tons of permeable block per day each are being produced in the test. |