Vol.15 No.2 March, 2004

Contents

Preface
Don't We Forget the Most Fundamental Recycling?……Masao Ukita 51

Special Issues: Current Status of R&D Technologies for Waste Biomass Utilization
Biomass Nippon Strategy……Kiyoshi Fujimoto 53 abst

Fuel Biomass Ethanol: Background and Usage in the Fossil Fuel System……Yutaka Matsuzawa 60 abst

Current Status of Biogas Plants in Hokkaido……Juzo Matsuda 70 abst

Development of an Application Process for Waste Biomass……Kenji Kida, Shigeru Morimura and Toru Shigematsu 77 abst

Total Recycle System for Municipal Food Waste for Poly-L-Lactic Acid Output……Kenji Sakai and Yoshihito Shirai 89 abst