”Return to the soil” circular sensors
SANKEN, Osaka University
BIOTECHWORKS-H2, Inc.
BIOTECHWORKS-H2 pioneers solutions for a sustainable society by converting difficult-to-recycle organic waste into clean hydrogen, generating renewable energy from that hydrogen, and enabling cities and factories to use that energy to create a circular economy. Our strength lies in our advanced waste gasification technology combined with IT services that manage the components and trace the process, quantify the amount of hydrogen produced and CO2 emission reductions on a digital platform, and provide verifiable data for CSR reporting. With our goal of zero waste and zero CO2 emissions, we are planning to build a pilot plant in Osaka next year, with the aim of revolutionizing the way waste is managed and energy is generated for global deployment. We will build a new business model that combines sustainability and business by inviting many stakeholders to join us on this transformational journey toward a greener and more sustainable future.
The apparel industry faces severe environmental impacts from production and waste, with issues from start to finish. Although recycling and reuse are explored, greenwashing remains a challenge. Our company, breaking away from outdated ideas, embarked on a project five years ago to convert waste into renewable energy. Initially faced with skepticism and rejection, we sought partners in the U.S. and have since evolved our technology to hydrogenize various organic wastes. Our project now aims to revolutionize waste management facilities for a sustainable future.
Founding Principal of The Living and Associate Professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Like the Glucose Economy articulated by former U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the Hydrogen Economy helps us imagine a society based not on polluting and limited resources like petroleum, but instead on clean and renewable resources like plant sugars and hydrogen. This project admirably takes on greenwashing in the fashion industry, and targets components of the waste stream that are difficult to recycle. This is crucial because the circular economy will require the recirculation of not just easy-to-reuse components, but also difficult-to-reuse components. In addition, the project involves advanced scientific research as well as industrialized processing. The result is the conversion of organic waste into clean hydrogen that can provide abundant energy. There is clearly the potential to scale up and have a very big impact on global waste and carbon emissions. And more fundamentally, the project aims to transform our collective understanding of what is possible, as it fosters “both environmental recovery and a shared sense of wonder.”
Osaka Namari-Suzu Seirensho Co., Ltd. President and CEO
Time is passing by without action, and just waiting for “reduce” “reuse” is no longer an excuse. With that mindset, there were no takers, so they went abroad and worked on the technology - and now, are actively working on setting up a pilot plant in Japan - this is an interesting and dynamic turn of events in the circular economy of degrading organic matter into hydrogen. They are now collecting clothing, to enter the waste from fast fashion.
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