Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2024

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[O-08] Poster presentations by senior high school students

Sun. May 26, 2024 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Hall (Exhibition Hall 6, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Tatsuhiko Hara(International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute), Katsuyoshi Michibayashi(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, GSES , Nagoya University), Miwa Kuri(Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), Keiko Konya(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

[O08-P80] The delaying effects of organics recycling against directly carbon dioxide emission.

*Mahiro Abe1, *Sora Kato1 (1.Miyagi Rifu high school)

Keywords:Green house effects emittion, Burning experiments

(1)Backgrounds
Greenhouse gas emissions from litter from human life are 37.82 million tons of CO2 equivalent, and it is thought that a large quantity of this comes from the burning and disposal of organic kitchen garbage and household wood.
We have measured how much CO2 would emitted, by burning on non-edible parts and materials that tend to be considered for reuse in regular agriculture. (for examples drip-over coffee beans, after eaten fruit seeds such as pickled plums) .
Moreover, we calculated how much CO2 emissions could be slowed down by spraying them on fields.
(2)Method
We mainly measured the amount of exhaust gas (or measured the change in mass of individual pieces) by burning the following food residues and disposable organic garbage materials from day-use after sufficiently drying them.
Items used: ① Plum seeds ② Dry coffee ③ Shinai made from bamboo ④ Pieces of wood ⑤ Disposable chopsticks.
(3)Results/Discussion
The results showed that non-water vapor (estimated to be mostly carbon dioxide) emissions from organic litter burning such as wood and bamboo account for 37.5% to 50% of exhaust emissions. Although this amount is smaller than the Ministry of the Environment's estimate, the value might included probably includes the effects of waste such as petroleum products and the fuel used when burning waste.