December 10, 2002
ANOR Newsletter by JORA (No.1)
1. Event(1) JORA s interim reports on Organics Recycling
JORA, since the foundation on August 2000, has pursued
research for the effective use of organics
and manuals on organics recycling

andTechnical survey andDrafting criteria, standards

under the technical committee.

On November 26 in Makuhari, Chiba City, three expert committees and foursub‑committees made interim reports on their studies for

Biological waste

recycling technology about composting, thermal energy, carbonization and animal
feed ,

Environmental measures and regulations about compostingandLumberresources recycling use .
It was our great honor that these interim reports have been highly evaluated bya large audience.
(2) International Symposium on Organics Recycling 2003 (ISOR2003) in Akita

Akita Prefectural University and JORA are going to organize ISOR2003 in Akita City
from October 7 to 9, 2003 and details of the symposium can be found soon at the
http://www.jora.jp/ISOR2003.
The Chairman of the organizing committee of the symposium is Prof. Dr. Chino,
Chairperson of ANOR and it is our earnest desire to receive your papers.
2. Information sources(1) Japan for sustainabilityWe have found a useful website called Japan for Sustainability which is a
non‑profit platform to disseminate environment information from Japan to the worldin English. Please refer to http://www.japanfs.org and ask to send monthly freeMail Newsletter.
(a) This site has been established just a few months ago but covers wide range
of environmental information by 10 categories like Energy, Global warming and by
6 players like Government, NGO/Citizen.
(b) Followings are the titles of Back number of free Newsletter*Japan for Sustainability Newsletter (November, 2002)
Japan and Global Warming/Current situation and Various Initiatives in Japan s
Transport Sector/ Unique NGOs in Japan

series No.1

*Japan for Sustainability Newsletter (October, 2002)
Fuel Cell Revolution Underway in Japan/Environmental Management Systems for
All/ Toward Zero Emissions

series No.1

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*Japan for sustainability Newsletter (September, 2002)
Introduction/JapaneseCompanies

Initiatives

TowardA

Sustainable

Economy/Contest For Green Local Governments.
(2) Other information sources
We also recommend other important website, available in English below.
*The

MinistryofAgriculture,ForestryandFisheriesofJapan:

http://www.maff.go.jp*The Ministry of the environment of Japan: http://www.env.go.jp*Japan International Cooperation Agency: http://www.jica.go.jp*Environmental

TechnologyCooperation

fortheDeveloping

Countries:

http://www.apec‑vc.or.jp*Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan: http://www.oecc.or.jp*Environmental

Information

Networkfor

Asia

and

thePacific:

http://www.einap.org*Japan External Trade Organization: http://jetro.go.jp*Japan Bank for International Cooperation: http://jbic.go.jp*Asian Development Bank: http://www.adb.org*United Nations Environment Program: http://www.unep.or.jp
3. Establishment of the European Compost Network (ECN) and Collaboration with
ORBIT/JORA
Prof. Dr. Werner Bidlingmaier, Chairman of Organic Recovery & Biological Treatment(ORBIT) kindly managed to stop over at JORA on November 15 on his way home fromChina and he explained about ECN and proposed collaboration ORBIT/JORA as follows.
(1) ECN(a) Official foundation conference of ECN was held on October 18.
(b) ECN will act as an organ and under the umbrella of the ORBIT Associationand this enables the ECN to work from the beginning with the existing
resources and the legal basis of ORBIT.
(c) ORBIT tends to be rather academic and foundation members of ECN are organic

waste experts, plant managers and compost and biowaste organizations
representing more than 1000 professional composting/digestion plants fromEU countries. It serves withof Waste

Quality Management in Biological Treatment

first of all for the need of the practical operation and decision

makers.
(d) The objectives of ECN are to promote the adoption of sustainable systems

for organic waste management through technological development andimprovement practices.
(e) Please refer http://www.orbit‑online.net/ECN2

(2) Collaboration with ORBIT/JORA(a) Exchange of scientific papers/Exchange of practical information/ Editing

the waste glossary/Cooperation in publishing/Exchange of courses e.g. odor(b) Orbit 2003 Perth:( http://www.orbit‑online.net )Sessioncompost‑organization/Helpin

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byJORA/Youngscientist award/Key note speaker(c) Presentation Kassel project:

Presentation in March 2003 as a ORBIT Special/Invitation to JORA for a key
notes speaker/Report there about the situation in Japan
4. Japan s National Strategy of Biomass Utilization
On July 30,2002, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japanannounced the basic plan on the National Strategy of Biomass Utilization compiledby the project team in the Ministry.
This plan is based on the recognition that the utilization of Biomass abundantin rural and urban areas in Japan is essential to establish sustainable society
and nurture new strategic industries.
This team, in cooperation with other four Ministries concerned and getting
cooperation from the special advisory group, will set up concrete measures andtime table within this year.

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