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Effects of Elutriating Rates for Elutriated Acid Fermentation of Food Waste (음식물쓰레기 세정산발효공정에서 세정율의 영향)

  • Kwon, Koo-Ho;Lee, Sang-Hyub;Min, Kyung-Sok
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.201-205
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    • 2008
  • The korean government started to ban the sanitary landfill of food wastes as of 2005. The radical change of policy is primarily due to the limited landfill site, but aimed to promote not only to reduce the food waste production but also to enhance the reuse and recycle. The performance of elutriated acid fermentation to evaluate the effects of elutriating ratios was investigated. The fermenters were operated with elutriating water to food waste volumetric ratio of 2, 1, 0.5 and 0.25. Initial pH of elutriating water was set for 9 based on the pH effects study. The cumulative amounts of SCOD production rate were $0.34gSCOD/gVS_i$, $0.45gSCOD/gVS_i$, $0.26gSCOD/gVS_i$ and $0.28gSCOD/gVS_i$ with the ratios of 2, 1, 0.5 and 0.25, respectively. The cumulative productions of VFAs were 0.12 gVFAs as $COD/gVS_i$, 0.28 gVFAs as $COD/gVS_i$, 0.21 gVFAs as $COD/gVS_i$ and 0.14 gVFAs as $COD/gVS_i$ with the ratios of 2, 1, 0.5 and 0.25, respectively. The volume reduction were 58%, 52%, 45% and 47% with the ratios of 2, 1, 0.5 and 0.25, respectively.

Eco-friendly Leather Dyeing Using Biomass Wastes(III): Imparting Functionality by Combination Dyeing with Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) and Hinoki Cypress(Chamaecyparis obtusa) Leave Extracts (생물자원 폐기물을 활용한 친환경 가죽염색(III): 매리골드와 편백나무 잎 추출물의 복합염색에 의한 기능성 부여)

  • Lee, Geonhee;Shin, Younsook
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2019
  • In this study, eco-friendly functional leather was developed by recycling wastes such as eel skin, marigold(Tagetas erecta l.), hinoki cypress(Chamaecyparis obtusa). The hot water extracts of marigold and hinoki cypress leaves were freeze-dried at $-80^{\circ}C$ to prepare colorant powder. The dyeing of eel leather with marigold was carried out to investigate the effects of dyeing conditions, mordanting on dye uptake, color, morphological change, and color fastness. Considering shrinkage of eel leather caused by dyeing, the optimum dyeing conditions were $60^{\circ}C$ of dyeing temperature and 60 min of dyeing time at 1:100 of bath ratio, and color of the dyed eel leather was Y to YR Munsell series. In order to prevent the degradation of leather from microbe, we conducted combination dyeing with marigold and hinoki cypress leave colorants. In this case, the combination dyed eel leathers showed excellent antimicrobial activity with above 99% bacterial reduction rate against S. aurieus and K. pneumoniae. It was confirmed that all of the dyed eel leathers were sufficient to meet the Korean Standard for color fastness of leather products. It can be applied practically for the development of eco-friendly functional leather by utilizing some useful active components extracted from plant resources and by recycling food wastes.

Field Applications Study on the Validation of Remediation Technology for Chromium(VI) Contaminated Soil (6가크롬 오염토양 정화기술 현장적용성 연구)

  • Kim, Joo-Young;Choi, Min-Zoo;Kim, Jung-Hoon;Choi, Sang-Il
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2010
  • Currently, the pursuit of industrialization for rapid economic growth has led to serious environmental damage and related problems because of comtamination with chemicals. Over time, this contaminaion is getting worse and worse. Most developing countries have tried to pursue their economic development and growth, however without preparation for the control and disposal of hazardous wastes. Permitting hazardous waste to be abandoned and disposed in appropriately causes soil pollution, groundwater contamination, and surface water contamination, which are all extremely serious. In particular, when hazardous wastes which include toxic chemicals are distributed around the living environment even in small amounts, concentration can occur in the food chain through ecological systems, which can therefore affect human. Chromium(VI) has contaminated soil in China. We experimented to test the immobilization, chemical reduction, and soil washing methods in order to make our experiment efficient in the purification of soil contaminated with Chromium(VI), and to prove the theoretical models by experiments testing the field applications. The field experiment showed that result of experiment satisfied with the standards of China. The result of multi-stage continuous remediation reduce the Chromium(VI) concentration to 11.95 mg/kg and 14.83 mg/kg that were equivalent to 98% and 97% removal rates. This result implied we could apply multi-stage process of Chromium(VI) contaminated soil to meet the regulatory limit of Chromium(VI).

Effect of Clean Plate Education on Food Wastes Reduction in University Dormitory (빈그릇교육을 통한 대학 기숙사의 음식물쓰레기 감량효과에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Eun-Kyeong;Kim, Deok-Gil;Kim, Seung-Woo;Jung, Sin-Young;Choi, Kwang-Soo
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.21 no.7
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    • pp.865-873
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    • 2012
  • Clean plate education program was applied to change students' perception on food waste in the dormitory cafeteria of T campus G university that is located in Tongyeong, in which 408 students joined the program. From survey and food waste monitoring, it was found that clean plate education program was effective to change students' perception as well as action. Half students (50.5%) answered that their eating habit changed, and among them 30.1 % students left a little food on the plate and 13.1% students left no food behind. Many students become aware of the seriousness of food waste issue (84.5%), and 44.2% students were trying to reduce leftover. Food waste generation in cafeteria was 341.9, 576.1, 344.3g/capita/day in 2005, 2007 and 2008, respectively. And this shows that food waste generations were much less than national average data except 2007. Therefore we could conclude that clean plate education program was satisfactory to change students' perception on food and to change their action, and it could be an excellent new approach to resolve a social issue caused by food waste. In order to reduce food waste generation at dormitory cafeteria, food taste and diet should be improved and students' eating habits also should be changed. For this, a practical program like clean plate education should be organized.

Effectiveness of the Preprocessed Foods on Productivity and Satisfaction in School Foodservices (전처리 식재료 사용이 학교급식 생산성과 만족도에 미치는 영향)

  • Yun, Hye-Jung;Chang, Hye-Ja
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.262-277
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    • 2009
  • Fresh-cut foods have been widely used in the school foodservice industry due to their convenience and saving effects of labor and working hours. This study evaluated the effectiveness of using fresh-cut foods in school foodservice with respect to cost efficiency, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, and productivity. First, in terms of cost efficiency, the cost of the fresh-cut food per meal price significantly increased by 2.6% via the new production plan. Meanwhile, the costs of labor and food wastes significantly decreased by 3.0% and 0.3%, respectively, after implementing the new plan. Second, customer satisfaction towards foodservice significantly increased, from 2.94 points prior to the new plan to 3.45 points. Third, foodservice productivity such as of the number of meals per full-time equivalent employee increased by 5.7 meals, from 143.0 meals to 148.7 meals after intervention. The productivity index of work hours for producing a meal also increased and was reflected by a work time reduction of 0.77 minutes, specifically from 4.25 minutes to 3.48 minutes. The labor cost per meal also decreased by 29.9 won, from 331.91 won to 301.97 won, but there was no significant difference. Through these results, we identified that using pre-process foods in school foodservice has positive effects on labor saving, customer satisfaction, and employee work satisfaction.

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A Study on Establishment of Technical Guideline of the Installation and Operation for the Biogas Utilization of Power generation and Stream - Results of the Precision Monitoring (바이오가스 이용 기술지침 마련을 위한 연구(II) - 정밀모니터링 결과 중심으로)

  • Moon, HeeSung;Bae, Jisu;Park, Hoyeun;Jeon, Taewan;Lee, Younggi;Lee, Dongjin
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.65-78
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    • 2018
  • According to the in social aspects such as population growth, urbanization and industrialization, development of livestock industry by meat consumption, amount of organic wastes (containing sewage sludge and food waste, animal manure, etc) has been increased annually in South Korea. Precise monitoring of 11 organic wastes biogas facilities were conducted. The organic decomposition rate of organic wastewater was 68.2 % for food wastes, 66.8 % for animal manure and 46.2 % for sewage sludge and 58.8 % for total organic wastes. As a result of analyzing the biogas characteristics before and after the pretreatment, the total average of the whole facility was measured to be 560 ppm using iron salts and desulfurization, and decreased to 40 ppm when the reduction efficiency was above 90 %. Particularly, when iron salt is injected into the digester, the treatment efficiency is about 93 %, and the average is reduced to 150 ppm. In the case of dehumidification, the absolute humidity and the relative humidity were analyzed. The dew point temperature of the facility where the dehumidification facility was well maintained as $14^{\circ}C$, the absolute humidity was $12.6g/m^3$, and the relative humidity was 35 %. Therefore, it is necessary to compensate for the disadvantages of biogasification facilities of organic waste resources and optimize utilization of biogas and improve operation of facilities. This study was conducted to optimize biogas utilization of type of organic waste(containing sewage sludge and food waste, animal manure) through precision monitoring.

Reduction Effect of Carcinogen-induced Mouse Epidermal and Forestomach Carcinogenesis by the Extract of Onion Wastes (비상품 양파추출물의 Mouse 피부암 및 위장안 억제효과)

  • 이찬중;김희대;정은호;서전규;박철우;하영래
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.525-530
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    • 2000
  • 상품가치가 없는 비상품구로부터 추출한 OWE를 mouse의 피부암 및 위장암 저해 효과에 관한 실험을 한 결과 피부암의 경우 control구에서는 6주부터 종양이 발생하여 23주에는 mouse 당 2.9개의 종양이 발생하였으나 20mg OWE 처리구에서는 8주부터 종양이 발생하여 23주에는 mouse 당 1.3개의 종양이 발생하여 control에 비해 55.2%의 종양 억제효과가 있었다. 20mg quercetin 처리에서는 6주부터 종양이 발생하기 시작하여 23주에는 mouse 당 1.2개의 종양이 발생하였다. 처리별 암 발생율은 20mg OWE 처리에서 85.7%, 20mg quercetin 처리에서는 76.2%의 발생율을 보여 control의 95.2%에 비해 낮은 암발생율을 보였다. 위장암의 경우 control에서는 mouse 당 9.2개의 종양이 발생하였고, 50mg OWE 및 25mg OWE 처리에서는 각 6.1, 6.3개의 종양이 발생하여 control에 비해 각각 33.7%, 31.5%의 종양억제효과가 있었다. 그리고 25mg quercetin 처리에서는 mouse 당 5.3개의 종양이 발생하였다. 처리별 암발생율은 50mg OWE 및 25 mg OWE 처리에서 각 88.2%, 94.1%, 25mg quercetin 처리에서 83.3%의 발생율을 보여 control 100%에 비해 낮은 암발생율을 보였다.

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A Survey on the University Students′ Use of University Cafeteria and Perception for the Reduction of Food Wastes (대학생의 구내식당 이용실태 및 음식물쓰레기 감량에 대한 의식 조사 연구)

  • 한준표
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.125-134
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    • 1999
  • The goal of this study was to find the way of reduction on food waste in the university cafeteria. A survey was conducted on the 502 students using Yeungnam University cafeteria, and illustrates the students' use and perception for the reduction of food waste. Its results can be summarized as follows: 57.2 percent of the total users use the university cafeteria every day, also 77.1 percent of the students preferred Korean style dish. Female students left more food waste than male students, and the most leaving food was stews than the other types of foods. The most favorite stew and side dish turned out tc be Yukgaejang and Bulgogi respectively, also they preferred Kimchibokkumbab. But they disliked Baechuguk, Sungiguk, salted fish and fishes. The perception of female users on the reduction of food waste was lower than that of male users, but they were concerned about on the reduction and recycling of food waste. Also the best method of food waste treatment recognized by students were utilizing the waste food as fertilizer or fodder for animals.

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Evaluation of Freshness Prolonging Ability of Antibacterial Packaging Bags and Corrugated Boxes (항균포장지와 포장상자에 저장된 과채류의 선도평가)

  • Kim, Chul-Hwan;Kim, Jae-Ok;Park, Woo-Po;Jung, Jun-Ho;Cho, Sung-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.364-371
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    • 2005
  • Packaging bags and corrugated boxes prepared from newly developed antimicrobial packaging paper had greater ability to prolong freshness of packed fruits, and lower weight loss of fruits and microbial growth than non-treated bags and boxes. Addition of zeolite to paper greatly increased absorbance of aging hormone, $C_{2}H_{4}$, emitted from stored fruits, and contributed to decrease in putrefied fruits during storage. Water repellent agent such as alkyl ketone dimer played significant role in preventing functional paper from absorbing water from stored fruits, leading to preservation of fresh weight in stored fruits. Because rise in production cost of functional packaging paper could be offset by reduction of fruit and vegetable wastes, storing fruits and vegetables in functional paper containers was more economical than storing in non-treated containers.

Importance-Performance Analysis of the Livestock Organic Wastes Recycling Policy (축산 유기성 폐기물 자원화 정책의 중요도-만족도 분석)

  • Kim, Won-Tae;Suh, Dae-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.12
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    • pp.523-531
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this paper is to derive priorities and implications for the organic resource conservation policy in the livestock sector. We conducted a survey on the importance-performance of the organic waste resource reclamation of livestock sector using a 5-point Likert scale. The importance average for the resource recycling of livestock organic waste was 3.63 and the average of performance was 3.04. As a result of the IPA on livestock manure recycling measures, it is necessary to improve feed quality, establish a local recycling system, increase demand for compost and liquid, enhance customer linkages, and develop cost reduction technologies. It requires intensive support for promoting the spread of odor reduction technologies and integrated management of biomass. It is necessary to introduce mid- and long-term measures such as the revival of feed in tariff, promote by-product feeding, establish solid fuel process management standards, create hygiene safety standards, develop eco-beads and promotion of feed conversion. It is required to strengthen support for the development of odor reduction technologies and prepare consultative organizations among related departments, develop eco-friendly solid fuel technology, and support policies for renewable energy certification.