{"id":145747,"date":"2022-04-05T09:49:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=145747&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-04-05T09:49:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:49:04","slug":"kyushu-university-collaborates-on-paper-waste-into-potting-soil-product","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-university-collaborates-on-paper-waste-into-potting-soil-product\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu University Collaborates On Paper Waste into Potting Soil Product"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu University and Ooishi Bussan Co., Ltd. developed a system to convert paper waste into potting soil. The two companies developed 20-litter packages of soil with the support of Fukuoka Prefecture, using microorganisms that use paper as a source of nutrition. The product, suitable for growing vegetables, is currently available at some shops in Kurume City (\u00a5598\/ea.) <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp\/press-release\/recycle-baiyoudo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/local\/fukuoka\/news\/20220325-OYTNT50139\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomiuri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC103KG0Q2A310C2000000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145748\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_potting-soil_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu University Collaborates On Paper Waste into Potting Soil Product\" width=\"1400\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_potting-soil_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_potting-soil_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_potting-soil_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_potting-soil_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EQesS4jl47A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English reliably.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. 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The two companies developed 20-litter packages of soil with the support of Fukuoka Prefecture&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":145749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-145747","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-environment","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/145747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}