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A Study of Treatment of Cattle Manure and Food Waste by Vermicomposting (Vermicomposting에 의한 우분과 음식물쓰레기의 처리에 관한 연구)

  • Jo, Ik-Hwan;Lee, Ju-Sam
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.93-102
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    • 2003
  • This research was made to determine the optimum mixing ratio cattle manure and food waste investigating the effect that gets the growth and reproductive efficiency of earthworm and productivity of earthworm casts at processing process when handled cattle manure and food waste by vermicomposting, in order to establish the treatment system of organic wastes by vermicomposting. Survival ratio of earthworm was highest in the mixing ratio 80~100% : 20~0% of cattle manure and food Waste, and the increasing ratio was highest in cattle manure 100%, and the number of young worms, the weight of young worms and the productivity of earthworm casts in plots more than the mixing ratio 60% of cattle manure were significantly higher than in the other treatment plots(p<0.05). Total nitrogen and carbon contents in earthworm cast were decreased when rearing time of earthworm was increased. Carbon and nitrogen rate(C/N) of earthworm cast in plots more than the mixing ratio 80% of cattle manure was significantly higher than in the other treatment plots(p<0.05). pH in earthworm cast was higher than that in residual matter. The contents of electrolytic conductivity in the higher mixing ratio of food waste were significantly higher than those in the other treatment plots(p<0.05).

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Gastrointestinal endoscopy's carbon footprint

  • Su Bee Park;Jae Myung Cha
    • Clinical Endoscopy
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    • v.56 no.3
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    • pp.263-267
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    • 2023
  • Climate change is a global emergency. Consequently, current global targets to combat the climate crisis include reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and keeping global temperature increases below 1.5 ℃. In 2014, the healthcare carbon footprint was 5.5% of the total national footprint. Gastrointestinal endoscopy (GIE) has a large carbon footprint compared to other procedures performed in healthcare facilities. GIE was identified as the third largest generator of medical waste in healthcare facilities for the following reasons: (1) GIE is associated with high case volumes, (2) GIE patients and relatives travel frequently, (3) GIE involves the use of many nonrenewable wastes, (4) single-use devices are used during GIE, and (5) GIE is frequently reprocessed. Immediate actions to reduce the environmental impact of GIE include: (1) adhering to guidelines, (2) implementing audit strategies to determine the appropriateness of GIE, (3) avoiding unnecessary procedures, (4) using medication rationally, (4) digitalization, (5) telemedicine, (6) critical pathways, (7) outpatient procedures, (8) adequate waste management, and (9) minimizing single-use devices. In addition, sustainable infrastructure for endoscopy units, using renewable energy, and 3R (reduce, reuse, and recycle) programs are necessary to reduce the impact of GIE on the climate crisis. Consequently, healthcare providers need to work together to achieve a more sustainable future. Therefore, strategies must be implemented to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in the healthcare field, especially from GIE, by 2050.

A Study on the Ventilation Performance Estimation of Marketing Ventilation Fan Used in the Apartment House Kitchen (공동주택의 주방에서 사용되는 시판 환풍기의 환기 성능 평가에 관한 연구)

  • 송필동;함진식
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.315-320
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    • 2002
  • Marketing ventilation fan 3 kinds been using in kitchen of apartment house into compensation discharge performance of contaminant measure. When propane gas burns by gas table, did waste heat into measurement compensation with carbon dioxide that it happens. In measured all type of exhaust fan, discharge performance of carbon dioxide and waste heat was high there are been much displacement. Among A, B, C three types, performance of A type exhaust fan was most superior and performance of C type exhaust fan was most poor

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Image and Phase Analysis of Low Carbon Type Recycled Cement Using Waste Concrete Powder (폐콘크리트 미분말을 사용한 저탄소형 시멘트의 조직 및 상분석)

  • Song, Hun;Shin, Hyeon-Uk;Lee, Jong-Kyu;Chu, Yong-Sik;Park, Dong-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.314-320
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    • 2014
  • Although the cement industry serves as the cornerstone of the construction industry by supplying one of its fundamental materials, it confronts new environmental challenges due to the problem of the $CO_2$ generated from raw materials and fuel used in the cement manufacturing process. Also, concrete structures can be decomposed and reused as construction materials. Simply in terms of the cyclic processing of $CO_2$, recycling waste concrete to manufacture recycled aggregate or recycling waste concrete powder, which is the material for cement can be considered optimally environment-friendly practices. This study contributes to the aim of manufacturing high value added materials that exploits the chemical properties of the waste concrete powder. From the research results, waste concrete powder is feasible to use to produce low carbon type recycled cement.