Residual organic chlorine compound 17000 tons 1998.09.15

According to a report compiled by the National Institute of Environmental Research, the Japan Soda Industry association calculated that 43 species of major organic chlorine compounds are released in total about 325,000 tons per year based on the data of the amount of chemical production containing chlorine, respectively, moved, Chemical reaction, residue in the environment after causing decomposition, etc. was a total of 17000 tons. 65% of the atmosphere, 29% water, and 4% are said to be contained in the soil.

Significantly reduced landfill volume 1998.09.15

The amount of garbage in the ward section of Tokyo was summarized in 1997. The total incidence was 3.1% down from the previous year to 4 million tonnes. Due to the establishment of a system that can incinerate all combustible garbage by the operation of the Edogawa cleaning plant, landfill disposal volume decreased by 465,000 tons, down 34.4%. The amount of recovered waste of resources was 29000 tons, and the amount of recycled paper was increased by 94% to 15000 tons. In addition, over-the-counter recovery of PET bottles started 1400 tons was recovered.

Low-pollution coal using agricultural wastes 1998.09.15

The experiment to make use of the molded charcoal which mixed the residue of crops such as corn into coal started in China. Keio University, the University of Tokyo, and the Central Electric Power Research Institute have collaborated with the Chinese side to set up and operate the molding charcoal manufacturing equipment in two cities such as Shenyang City. This molded charcoal is called bio-briquette, which is hardened with high pressure mixed with corn charcoal, wood scraps and slaked lime in coal powder. Slaked lime can fix sulfur content and significantly inhibit SOx generation.

Plan of 70% vinyl chloride pipe regeneration Rate 1998.09.15

The vinyl chloride pipe and Fittings Association announced the actively measures of the waste recycling business of the PVC pipe such as the housing related. The general contractors and construction unions will be introduced to support the expansion of facilities by selecting 10 locations from 36 recovery and recycling companies nationwide. In October, the Kanto and Kansai Districts have established bases in all districts within the fiscal year. It plans to make a 35% recycling rate of 70% by 2000, with a budget of 500 million yen for the first three years.

Due to deforestation, the Yangtze River floods 1998.9.15

Due to long-term flooding in the Yangtze River basin, China's experts say that the cause is the view of environmental destruction caused by deforestation. The view that the water retention capacity of the basin decreases by the decrease of the forest, and the sediment inflow of topsoil pushes up the change going to the riverbed. The forest area ratio of the Yangtze River basin decreased from 22% in the 1950s to 10% in the 1980s. The nagae was always clouded by the sediment inflow, and the voice of romantic "Nagae became the second Yellow River".

Temperature rise 2 degrees to 2.5 degrees fixed 1998.09.15

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the United Nations is expected to significantly increase the predicted temperature rise of global warming until the year 2100 from 2 degrees C to 2.5 degrees C. The amount of fine particles reflecting solar rays in the atmosphere is likely to decrease in the future. This fine particle is caused by SOX and other countries, but it is predicted that the amount of the outbreak will be significantly below the initial forecast as China and other developing nations try to prevent air pollution.

Sewage treatment Maintenance rate 64% 1998.09.15

The Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has summarized the maintenance status of the sewage treatment facilities such as sewerage, merger processing purification chamber and agricultural village drainage facilities. The nationwide average penetration rate was 64% (up 2 points yoy). In terms of population, 80,510,000 people (3,130,000 people yoy). By Prefecture, Tokyo 96%, Kanagawa 90%, Osaka, Hyogo 81% and large metropolitan area, but also in Wakayama 19%, Tokushima 22%, Shimane 30%, etc. are delayed.

Understanding CO2 circulation on a global scale 1998.09.15

30 organizations in the Ministry Geological Survey and other government and academia began joint research to clarify CO2 circulation mechanism on a global scale. We investigated the growth and vegetation distribution of plants mainly in the western Pacific water temperature, chloroplasts, Japan and China, and estimated the primary production volume of global carbon in 4KM square. In addition, we observe the carbon balance other than photosynthesis, such as methane gas generated from soil and sedimentation of plankton to the seabed. Plan to create a carbon cycle map of the Earth in the fifth fiscal year.

Average annual temperature of the Earth to the highest past 1998.08

According to the U.S. Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the average annual temperature of the Earth has risen since the 1980s, and 1997 has been a record high in the past, but in 1998 it tends to be hotter. The average temperature in the first half of 1998, compared with the average of about 120 years (1880 to 1997), was about 0.7 degrees C, and the previous maximum record was 0.3 degrees C at a stretch. The average temperature of the Earth is measured based on the observations of ground and sea levels around the world, and is about 17c in 1997.

Asthma incidence over the time of the former Yokkaichi 1998.10.15

Katsumi Yoshida, professor Emeritus Mie Univ., was examining about 5400 elementary school children in the city of China and Honxi, where iron and steel is not sparing, and it is clear that the rate of asthma symptoms is about 9% in the sixth grade of the central part of the city and about 11% of women. When investigating the 1000 elementary school students in Yokkaichi to 82 people in the Japan, the sulfur dioxide concentration in the 1995 fiscal Year of Hon Xi is 0. At 051PPM, it is twice as serious as the pollution in Yokkaichi.

Ozone hole further expansion 1998.10.15

When the meteorological agency analyzed NASA's satellite documents, the largest area of the ozone hole over the Antarctic until September 28 was 2724 million square kilometers, surpassing the maximum of 96 million square kilometers in 1996. The destroyed ozone layer was also 89,080,000 tons, surpassing 85,040,000 tons in 1994. In the observation at Syowa station, it was found that ozone of 17 to 20km above the base was almost completely destroyed.

Survey of dioxin concentrations in agricultural products 1998.10.15

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry plans to conduct a survey of dioxin concentrations in rice and vegetable crops and harvest sites in soil for three years from fiscal 1999. For starters, we set up a survey point for each prefecture in the national prefectures, and conducted three types of cereals, fruit trees and vegetables. The soil concentration is investigated while the crop is collected and the concentration is analyzed in the harvest period. The measurement and analysis are entrusted to an external specialized organization. Depending on the findings, the scope of the survey will expand further.

To simultaneous measurement of water source 1998.10.15

In order to ensure the safety of tap water, the Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to simultaneously measure environmental pollutants at 100 inlet of 20 major rivers nationwide. In addition to the 28 types of monitoring items, such as pesticides, metals, and organic solvents, which are defined by administrative guidance, environmental hormones and dioxins, which are said to be about 70 types, are also measured. The measurement result is a database, and the "Hazardous Substance Monitoring Information Network" is made and the aim is to provide information to citizens.

Air pollution is not improved 1998.10.15

According to a survey published by the Environmental agency, the environmental standards of the nitrogen dioxide concentration of 382 stations in the automobile exhaust gas measurement station along the nationwide road are 0. 131 locations exceeded 06ppm. The general measurement station in the residential area and the Office district is over the standard in 68 places out of 1412 locations. In the floating particulate matter, 165 places of the automobile exhaust gas measuring station 246, the general measurement station was not satisfied with the criteria in 584 places of 1508.

The dioxin standard is cleared at almost all facilities 1998.10.15

In December 1998, almost all facilities in the country were cleared of dioxin concentration standards (80 nanograms per cubic mail) in the exhaust gases applied to existing waste incineration plants. In 1996, the Ministry of Health and Welfare instructed each municipality to target the 1641 facilities nationwide, and as a result, it exceeded the reference value at 107 facilities as of October 1997. Thereafter, each municipality advanced the improvement of the furnace, and 1635 facilities except the six facilities of the measurement was newly measured, and the reference value is cleared.

36 trillion reduce KCAL 1999.04.15

Tokyo Metropolitan Government has compiled the Tokyo Energy Vision. The aim was to reduce the 3 trillion kcal by the introduction of 33 trillion kcal and new energy by effective use and efficiency of energy by fiscal 2010. The new energy to be introduced is 500,000 kw of solar power, 310,000 kw of waste power, and a clean energy vehicle of 200,000 kw. Based on this vision, we plan to review policies such as transportation policies and to induce energy conservation.

37% of NOx emissions from ships 1999.04.15

According to a report compiled by the Ship and Ocean Foundation, NOx emitted from Japan domestic vessels, fishing boats and other ships within 200 Kairi is 945,000 tons per year, which is 37.5% of the total Japan including land. sox 238,000 tons in 23. 4 percent, CO2 at 34.2 million tonnes at 2. 7 percent. The reason is that the exhaust gas measures are delayed compared with land, and many of the fuel used in the ship are the bottom quality oil.

Temporary surge in CO2 concentration 1998.04.15

The meteorological Agency's observations show that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere soared in the first year of fiscal 1998. Compared to 1997, the CO2 average concentration in 1998 was in the three stations of Ayasato (Iwate prefecture), Minami Torijima (Tokyo), Yonaguni Island (Okinawa Prefecture), and 2. 8 to 3.1 ppm rose. It is said that it is almost twice the average of the year since the start of observation in 87 years. In addition to the burning of fossil fuels, the agency said that the effects of El Nino caused the temperature to rise worldwide and temporarily strengthened the effects of plant respiration and soil organic matter.

Ocean Purification Business Expanding①

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Occasionally, it is reported the danger of foreign species such as the hiali and poison spiders that came from abroad in TV and the newspaper, but is not known unexpectedly on the other hand, a variety of organisms of the Japan cross the Sea, In each country, there are few cases that are causing the destruction of ecological systems and industrial activities.

Cross-border foreign species Mondai has become increasingly serious as globalization of trade spreads. Major blow to the ecosystem and water industry of the sea in recent years, marine pollution by waste plastic, such as radioactive water Runaway, but is calling the topic as international news, it has been seen as a problem from the past is a variety of biological destruction of the sea and marine and water industry damage and the like. New Zealand Among the fish farms in the South Island, it is said that the Japan seaweed damage is not unusual. "The mussels that I raised with great pains are ruined" and the voice of the criticism is constant. As of 2017, the survey is spreading damage throughout the country. Brown seaweed from Japan is hanging around the mussels in aquaculture. The mussels will not be able to consume seawater, and it may be difficult to ship because of suffocation or poor growth. I hear that native species of Japan other than wakame are rampaging in other areas. In the United States, "scum" and "Oohari Ali" and made in Japan are very active.

The city's NOx reduction measures are well 1998.04.15

According to the Tokyo metropolitan Government, operators using more than 50-year-long freight vehicles achieved 45% of the reduction target by fiscal 2000 in 1997. In June 1998, 591 companies, approximately three-quarters of which were targeted to curb emissions, were submitted to the city with a suppression plan. The plan to take measures such as abolition of idling, the plan to reduce the driving volume by reviewing sales routes, and the plan to introduce low-emission vehicles was about half.