2024年3月18日

HarmoNIES

HarmoNIES is a portal site that helps you to find research in NIES by Keywords.

About HarmoNIES

This portal site HarmoNIES provides access to information of various research in NIES by Keywords.
The booklet “HarmoNIES” introduces information about the unique researchers at NIES, highlighting the interesting and accessible research being conducted at NIES and the dreams they hope to achieve. All issues are in English, and Japanese editions are also available from No. 3 onward.



Keywords in NIES

  • "Municipal solid waste (MSW)" primarily consists of waste from our daily lives. In Japan, nearly 80% (by weight) of MSW is incinerated. Through the incineration process, organic matters in MSW become gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide and are released from smokestacks. The remaining incineration ashes consist of stone-, ceramic- or glass-like materials and their finely crushed particles, including various metal fragments. Incineration ashes thus have high concentrations of precious metals (e.g., gold and silver) and hazardous metals (e.g., lead and cadmium) that were inconspicuous in MSW before incineration.
  • Johkasou: on-site domestic wastewater treatment system Johkasou, like sewerage, is a system for domestic wastewater treatment. While sewerage is a centralized system that collects wastewater from tens of thousands of households and treat it at a plant, Johkasou is a decentralized system.




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New Release - HarmoNIES No.7 March 2025

Just Wanted to Find You

“We produce a lot of waste every day. Even so, our towns stay clean because we have people who collect the waste and a system for disposing of it. We are very grateful for this. Surprisingly, a similar thing is happening in the natural world. Mountains and forests are never overflowing with dead animals and plants because there are invisible but powerful workers who breaking them down. Among these, the ones that play hero-like roles are microorganisms and bacteria.

Keywords: Microorganism, Environmental contaminants, Water purification, PFAS

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