Publications & Media

2023

Project 2

Yago Guida, Hidenori Matsukami, Gabriel Oliveira de Carvalho, Roland Weber, Walter Vetter, and Natsuko Kajiwara (2023) Homologue Composition of Technical Chlorinated Paraffins Used in Several Countries over the Last 50 Years─ SCCPs Are Still Out There, Environ. Sci. Technol., 57, 13136

Keywords:

Persistent organic pollutants; Chemical additive; Plasticizer; Flame retardant; Suspect screening analysis

Project 1

Open access

Ryu Koide, Haruhisa Yamamoto, Koji Kimita, Nariaki Nishino, Shinsuke Murakami (2023), Circular business cannibalization: A hierarchical Bayes conjoint analysis on reuse, refurbishment, and subscription of home appliances, Journal of Cleaner Production 422, 138580.

Keywords:

Circular economy; Product-service system; Choice-based conjoint analysis; Hierarchical Bayes conjoint analysis; Consumer segment

Project 1

Open access

Ryu Koide, Haruhisa Yamamoto, Keisuke Nansai, Shinsuke Murakami (2023) Agent-based model for assessment of multiple circular economy strategies: Quantifying product-service diffusion, circularity, and sustainability, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 199, 107216

Keywords:

Product-service systems; Agent-based model; Consumer behavior; Circularity assessment; Consequential life cycle assessment

Project 3

Kobayashi, T., Kuramochi, H. (2023) Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass using fly ash leachate to increase carbon monoxide production and improve biochar properties to accelerate anaerobic digestion, Bioresource Technology, 387, 129583.

Keywords:

Biochar, Biomass ash catalyst, CO2-assisted pyrolysis, Anaerobic digestion

Project 1

Open access

Sho Hata, Keisuke Nansai, and Kenichi Nakajima (2023), Supply Chain Factors Contributing to Improved Material Flow Indicators but Increased Carbon Footprint, Environmental Science & Technology, 57,34, 12713-12721.

Keywords:

Input-output analysis, Material flow indicator, Structural Decomposition Analysis, Fixed-capital endogenization

Project 2

Yusuke Takahashi, Kosuke Tanaka, Takehiro Kajiwara, Go Suzuki, Masahiro Osako, Hidetoshi Kuramochi (2023), Cross-sectional microstructural analysis to evaluate the crack growth pattern of weathered marine plastics, Chemosphere, 331, 138794.

Keywords:

Weathering, Microplastic, CrackCross-section polisher, Scanning electron microscopy, Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

Project 2

Kosuke Tanaka, Yusuke Takahashi, Takehiro Kajiwara, Hidenori Matsukami, Hidetoshi Kuramochi, Masahiro Osako, Go Suzuki (2023)
Identification and quantification of additive-derived chemicals in beached micro–mesoplastics and macroplastics, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186, 114438.

Keywords:

Microplastics, Additives, Antioxidants, UV stabilizers

Project 1

Open access

Masaharu Motoshita, Stephan Pfister, Takahiro Sasaki, Keisuke Nansai, Seiji Hashimoto, Ryosuke Yokoi, Kamrul Islam, Matthias Finkbeiner (2023) Responsibility for sustainable water consumption in the global supply chains, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 196, 107055.

Keywords:

Freshwater consumption, Regional carrying capacities, Water footprint, Responsibility for global and local sustainability, Hotspots in global supply chains

Project 1

Open access

Takuma Watari, Zhi Cao, André Cabrera Serrenho, and Jonathan Cullen (2023), Growing role of concrete in sand and climate crises. iScience. 26, 5, 106782

Keywords:

Construction materials; Net-zero; Heavy industry

Project 1

Tomoaki Nakaishi, Fumiya Nagashima, Shigemi Kagawa, Keisuke Nansai, Satoru Chatani (2023) Quantifying the health benefits of improving environmental efficiency: A case study from coal power plants in China, Energy Economics, 121, 106672.

Keywords:

Health benefits, Premature deaths, Data envelopment analysis, Environmental efficiency

Project 1

Cheng, Y., Watari, T., Seccatore, J., Nakajima, K., Nansai, K. and Takaoka, M. (2023) A review of gold production, mercury consumption, and emission in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Resources Policy, 81,103370.

Keywords:

Illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM); Gold production; Mercury use; Mercury emission; Minamata convention

Project 1

Takuma Watari, Sho Hata, Kenichi Nakajima, and Keisuke Nansai (2023), Limited quantity and quality of steel supply in a zero-emission future. Nature Sustainability

Keywords:

Steel, Climate-change mitigation, Socioeconomic scenarios

Project 2

Tadanobu Nakayama, and Masahiro Osako (2023)
The flux and fate of plastic in the world's major rivers: Modeling spatial and temporal variability, Global and Planetary Change, 221, 104037

Keywords:

Plastic debris; Eco-hydrology model; Global river basin; Untreated wastewater

Project 2

Tadanobu Nakayama, and Masahiro Osako (2023)
Development of a process-based eco-hydrology model for evaluating the spatio-temporal dynamics of macro- and micro-plastics for the whole of Japan, Ecological Modelling, 476, 110243

Keywords:

Plastic debris; Eco-hydrology model; River basin; Mismanaged plastic waste