Fiber Recycling 2007
Program2007.6.20-2007.6.21
Kyoto Institute Technology, Matsugasaki Campus

6/20/2007 (Wed.) (1st Day)
8:00-8:45 Registration
9:00-9:10 Opening Address（Teruo Kimura, Chair of Symposium）
Session Ⅰ
9:10-10:00 Keynote Lecture I
An Environmental Perspective on Fiber Recycling
Youjiang Wang
Georgia Institute of Technology
10:00-10:25
Toray "ecodream": Fiber & Textile Recycling Activities at Toray Industries
Youji Oohashi
Toray Industries, Inc.
10:25-10:50
Approach on Fiber Recycling at Teijin Fibers
Kouzou Toida
Teijin Fibers Limited, Research & Development Division
10:50-11:10
Coffee BreakSession Ⅱ
11:10-11:35
Textile Para-Aramide Waste - Recycling and Re-Utilization
Reußmann, T.; Ortlepp, G.; Lützkendorf, R.; Thüringisches Institut für Textil- undKunststoff-Forschung e. V., Germany
Schmitt, M.; Hesse, S.; Teijin Twaron GmbH Wuppertal; Germany
11:35-12:00
Recycling of Plastic Bags and Using Them in Nonwoven Fabrics
Brian R. George
Philadelphia University12:00-12:25
Development of Environmentally Friendly and Recyclable Coated-Fabrics Using Kenaf Fiber
for Architectural Membrane Structures
Hiroshi Toyoda
Taiyo Kogyo Corporation
12:25-14:00
Lunch
Session Ⅲ14:00-14:50 Keynote Lecture II
LCA in Japan - Present and Evolution –Masayuki Sagisaka
Research Centre for Life Cycle Assessment ,AIST
14:50-15:15
FEA Consumer Needs Model Enhanced to Foster Engagement of Designers and Wearers
through Sustainable Apparel Design Practices
M. Jo Kallal and Ashley Elliott
University of Delaware
15:15-15:40
Hawaii Tied-Ed: A Sustainable Learning Hub for Clothing Line Design and Production
Shu Hwa Lin
University of Hawaii at Manoa
15:40-16:00
Coffee BreakSession Ⅳ
16:00-16:25
An Analysis of Recycled Cashmere
Kenneth D. Langley and Yong K. Kim
University of Massachusetts
16:25-16:50
Exploration of Sustainability and Reuse within the Context of Apparel Products
Ashley Elliott and M. Jo Kallal
University of Delaware

18:00-20:00
Banquet6/21/2007(Thu.) (2nd Day)
Session Ⅴ
9:00-9:25
Consumer Perceptions of Recycled Textile Fibers
Margaret Rucke and Carrie Haise
University of California
9:25-9:50
Fiber Recycling Culture in Japan
Maki Tamada
Shokei Gakuin College
9:50-10:15
Towards a Closed-Loop Society: How the Famous Cook and Essayist Ohmura Shige Revivedand Reused Antique Kimonos
Kimiko Yokokawa
Mukogawa Women’s University
10:15-10:40
Properties of Recycled Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA) Resin
Kenji Okada
Kurashiki University of Science and The Arts
10:40-11:00
Coffee BreakSession Ⅵ
11:00-11:25
Ultimate Recycling of Poly(Hydroxy Alkanoate)s as Aqua-Denitrificants
Maria Teresa Gutierr, Ronald F. Malo, Kelly Rusch and Ioan I. Negulescu
Lousiana State University and LSU Agricultural Center
11:25-11:50
Property of Fiber Board from Paper Sludge of Household Paper
Keiichi Chikamori and Teruo Kimura
Kochi Prefectural Paper Technology Center
11:50-12:15
Silk/Cellulose Composite Paper from Mill End Fiber
Haruhiro Ino and Teruo Kimura
Kyoto Institute of Technology12:15-14:00
Lunch & Poster Session

Session Ⅶ
14:00-14:50 Keynote Lecture Ⅲ
Under setting
14:50-15:15
Utilisation of Carpet Waste in Developing Acoustic Underlayer and Reinforcement ofSubstandard Soils
Mohsen Miraftab, Alison Taylor, Ian Rushforth and Ann Lickfold
University of Bolton, Centre for Materials Research and Innovation
15:15-15:40
Decomposition of Polyamide Resin in Sub- and Supercritical Water for Recycling of Carbon
Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics
Kyoko Oka, Kimie Mitani, Hideki Sasayama, Idzumi Okajima and Takeshi Sako
Industrial Technology Center of Fukui Prefecture
15:40-16:00Coffee BreakSession Ⅷ
16:00-16:25
Characterization of FRP Using Recovered Glass Fibers from FRP Waste
Katsuji Shibata and Kazunobu Maekawa
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
16:25-16:50
Fiber Recycling by Dissolving FRP in Vegetable Oil
Keiichiro Sano, Syoko Furuhashi and Masaaki Takayanagi
University of Shizuoka, Institute of Environmental Sciences
16:50-17:15
Recycling of Fibers of Rubber Crumb
Volker E. Sperber
University Kassel
17:15-17:40
Shredding Machinery for Fiber Recycling
Hideaki Isomi and Daisuke Ishikubo
Kubota Corporation
17:40-17:50
Closing Address (Youjiang Wang, Chair of Symposium)