List of articles on plastic waste
Decomposition starts immediately in the sea, Gunma University develops new plastic
Miwa Suzuki, assistant professor at Gunma University's Food and Health Science Education and Research Center and others have developed a new type of technology that embeds microorganisms that produce plastic-degrading enzymes in a dormant state.
Hokkaido University and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology demonstrate that microplastic additives migrate to fish in the food chain
A research group at Hokkaido University Graduate School (Takaaki Hasegawa et al.) and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Prof.
Revealing the reality of plastic pollution from Indonesian rivers to the sea Toyohashi University of Technology
A research team led by Professor Takanobu Inoue of Toyohashi University of Technology, through joint research with Indonesia, has conducted research on the pl […]
Toyo Gakuen University and student group "Gomi Zero Circle" participate in industry-academia collaboration project
At Toyo Gakuen University, the official student group “Gomi Zero Circle”, which is promoting the “Japan’s No.
Sustainable, container-free, efficient gene transfer in droplets suspended in the air
In chemical and biological research, plastic is frequently used as a disposable item such as pipettes, tubes, and culture dishes, and it is […]
Develop a complete decomposition reaction to return polyester to the raw material to solve the plastic waste problem
Research teams at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new catalytic reaction that decomposes plastic (polyester) into monomers as raw materials. […]
Waste plastic in the environment, 5% leaked to the sea Kyushu University, etc. Estimated
Professor Atsuhiko Isobe of the Institute of Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, and Researcher Shinsuke Iwasaki of the Cold Region Civil Engineering Research Institute of the Civil Engineering Research Institute have thrown them into the environment since the 1960s […]
Non-woven mask for corona measures, sea turtles eat by flowing out to the sea
Professor Hideshige Takada, Assistant Professor Kaoruko Mizukawa, Researcher Takuya Fukuoka, Professor Katsufumi Sato, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Tokyo University, Chika Kinoshita […]
Developed a sustainable recycling system that produces fertilizer from plastic
A recycling system has been developed that converts plant-based plastics into fertilizers (urea) that promote plant growth by decomposing them with aqueous ammonia […].
Discovered a large amount of plastic waste spreading on the deep sea floor off the Boso Peninsula
In the world, more than 1,000 million tons of plastic waste flow into the ocean every year, of which only 44 tons float on the surface of the sea. […]