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Wastewater to food production~ a new wastewater treatment process
- In the future world with more increased population, we will need more food and fertilizer.
- But, fertilizer reserve is limited, and the fertilizer production causes environmental pollution.
- Wastewater from increased population will be an another environmental issue.
- To protect the environment and supply enough food for our children, we have been developing a new wastewater treatment process not only to treat the wastewater but also recover nutrients for fertilizer.
- More than that, we have been trying to increase the value of the recovered products using microalgae.
- This microalgae produces astaxanthin, a high value antioxidative red pigment.
- The pigment can be used as an supplement or an ingredient of fish feed.
- Our goal is to establish a society in which wastewater treatment is economically beneficial, and resources in wastewater are recovered and recycled for sustainable food production.
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