2. 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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3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
Yield Comparison of the yield between field with & without
Porous Alpha in Mauritania (2009)
6. 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
