Public verification
Verification and registration by public bodies
Records of our technology being verified or registered under public programmes, with the year, the programme and the source.
| Year | Programme / body | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2003 | Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) | Verification No. 020-0305, “Tornado-type biological reaction system using microbial consortia” (applicant: BioRangers, Inc.) | Public page |
| 2006 | MLIT NETIS (New Technology Information System) | Registration KT-060059, oil-contamination remediation with microbial consortia. The registration period has ended (historical record). | — |
| — | US EPA NCP Product Schedule | Oppenheimer Formula listed as a bioremediation agent (Bulletin B-36); listed since June 1990 and present in the January 2025 schedule (PDF). | Public page |
| 2011 | Tokyo Metropolitan Government subsidy | High-efficiency in-situ bioremediation by direct injection | — |
| 2002 | METI consortium R&D | High-efficiency soil and groundwater remediation with microbial consortia | — |
| 2001 / 2003 | Ministry of the Environment verification and equipment projects | Small-scale wastewater treatment and groundwater remediation | — |
| 1997 | Nakhodka marine oil pollution bioremediation study group | Participation in the study of microbial cleanup after the Sea of Japan heavy-oil spill | — |
Articles by our staff
Journal articles
Technical articles contributed to the industry journal 環境浄化技術 (Nippon Kogyo Publishing) by Saori Iwahashi, Technical Sales.
環境浄化技術, Nov–Dec 2023 (Nippon Kogyo Publishing)
Microbial activation in oil bioremediation
BioRangers, S. Iwahashi et al. Oxygen supply, microbial activity and bio-catalysts examined through laboratory culture tests.
環境浄化技術, Sep–Oct 2018 (Nippon Kogyo Publishing)
The effect of temperature on oil bioremediation
BioRangers, Inc., S. Iwahashi. The relationship between temperature and degradation rate, from test data.
In the media
Media coverage
Articles by third-party media and company blogs that describe our cases or technology (Japanese).
ELEMINIST, 1 Feb 2021
Cleaning nature with microbes: bioremediation
Cites our Nakhodka and rice-field waste-oil cases as references.
Yaegaki Bio-Industry column
Tackling environmental problems with microbes
Presents a BioRangers soil-remediation case as its example.
Kankyo Dainari
Solving environmental problems with microbes
References our contribution to the Nakhodka heavy-oil spill cleanup.
@Press, 24 Aug 2010 (issued by Funai Consulting)
Interview with President Masakazu Kono
A press release on our oil-contamination track record and approach to bioremediation.
See also
Related pages
Achievements
Track record
Remediation across all 47 prefectures and overseas, with representative cases.
Research & Development
Research & development
Joint research with public bodies and universities, and in-house work.
Company
Company
Founded 1998. Profile and message from the president.