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Tottori Resource Recycling, Inc.
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Introduction of Porous Alpha for water saving agriculture in arid zone
Tottori Resource Recycling, is a Japanese company producing soil ameliorant from recycled glass
Tottori Resource Recycling Inc. – Established: 2001 – Paid up capital: 30 mil. JPY – Number of employee: 9 – Activity: Recycling glasses to
manufacture Porous Alpha
Porous Alpha – Porus Alpha is foamed glass
made from recycled glass by burning in 1000 °C
– This product has numerous porous with diversified size which imporove the water retention capacity of soil and the aeration in the soil
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The soil improvement with Porous Alpha can reduce the water consumption and increase the yield
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Irrigation
Après l’évaporation et transmission d’eau
Évaporation Le « Porus Alpha » peut absorber
d’eau D’eau n’est pas évaporé et transmis
en bas
Le sol avec « Porus Alpha » peut retenir d’eau et de créer un espace approprié avec de l’air
Avec « Porus α », il est attendu non seulement la réduction d’eau, mais aussi l’amélioration des rendements
Porus α
Situation avec « Porus α » Situation actuelle
Transmission
Tuyaux Tuyaux
Porous Alpha is the product of Safe, Simple, Durable
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Simple - Just mix with soil - No need to complex
calculation - No need to new
investment for water infrastructure
Durable - No degradation - Perform more than
10 years
Safe - No negtive impact to
soil and agricultural product
- Compliant to Japanese regulation related to soil contamination
The field test of Tomato in Mauritania shows that the existence of Porous Alpha almost doubles the yield
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Field with Porous Alpha Field without Porous Alpha
0.83kg/m2
1.54kg/m2
Yiel
d Comparison of the yield between field with & without Porous Alpha in Mauritania (2009)
The test with green beans in Senegal also shows the yield of field with Porus Alpha is 80% higher than the field without Porus Alpha
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Yield of green beans in the field of 10m * 10m in Senegal (2013)
* 3rd harvest was done only for one of the six lignes in each condition
Condition 1st harvest 6/1/2014
2nd harvest 12/1/2014
3rd harvest(*) 21/1/2014
With Porous Alpha
73 kg
57 kg
4kg
Without Porous Alpha
58 kg
24 kg
2kg
x 1.26 x 2.38 x 2.0 x 1.88 (In average)
Comparison: Two months after seeding With Porus α Withoug Porus α