Taiheiyo Cement Corporation

Toshihisa Maruta

Hiroyuki Takano

Akira Saito

Masayoshi Arai

Tatsuro Watanabe

Sachio Nakazaki

Eichi Manabe

Takeshi Yamazaki

Takashi Kamiya

Osamu Fuse

Masatoshi Morita

A cement kiln from which its brick lining has been removed, or a rotary dryer for cement production is used as a fermentation treatment apparatusfor converting waste matter into compost. The waste matter to be subjected to the fermentation treatment includes city waste contained in garbage bags, and its fermentation treatment is carried out by introducing the waste matter directly into the aforesaid cement kiln or the aforesaid rotary dryer for cement production without tearing the aforesaid garbage bags.

Method and apparatus for fermentation

A method of decontaminating a medium containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or dioxins is disclosed. The contaminated medium is brought into contact with hairy roots derived through introduction of an Ri plasmid from,into a plant capable of absorbing, or absorbing and decomposing PCBs or dioxins, or is brought into contact with regenerated plantlets derived from the hairy roots, to thereby cause the hairy roots or regenerated plantlets to absorb, or absorb and decompose PCBs or dioxins.

Method of decontaminating medium containing polychlorinated biphenyls or dioxins

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Tokyo, Japan

Toshihisa Maruta