Approach to Cascading of Bamboo in Remote Island Area

The authors belong to National Institute of Technology, Yuge Collage, which is located on a remote island in the Seto Inland Sea. Such as in this remote island area, where resources are scarce, "bamboo cascade utilization," in which bamboo harvested from abandoned bamboo forests is used in stages, is considered effective. In this report, students conducted an integrated process of making a simple bamboo house from bamboo culms, producing bamboo charcoal for secondary use, and utilizing the bamboo charcoal to remove microplastics from the ocean. This project has spread as "remote island engineering," contributing to engineering education.