Abstract: The present invention provides a high-performance organic waste water treating system which allows continuous processing of waste water without causing deterioration of the performance due to clogging of the filtration bed, excessive sludge, bad smell, or breeding of flies. The system of the invention includes a trickling filtration bed packed with filter media having a particle diameter of not greater than 10 mm, the filtration bed comprising an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion, an air supply unit for feeding air from a bottom of the filtration bed to make the air flown through the filtration bed, and a vent pipe embedded into the middle portion of the filtration bed to connect to the atmosphere. A predetermined amount of organic waste water is abruptly supplied over a short time period into the trickling filtration bed at a predetermined cycle.

Abstract: Method of recovering both silver and a base in a reusable condition from sensitive material, such as a film or a photographic printing paper, having surfaces including gelatine and fine silver crystal, by utilizing micro-organisms of a mixture of bacteria, including activated mutants of gelatin metabolic microbes.