- NO SORTING. The thermal transformer does not distinguish between types of waste. Materials such as silica, glass, soil, rocks, concrete, metals and any carbon-based waste are all processed the same and require no sorting.
- SANITARY STORAGE. Inventory of waste material is stored inside the building and is cycled every 3-4 days.
- CLEAN EVERY NIGHT. Waste material is removed from the tipping floor to the storage area within a few hours, leaving an empty tipping floor each night.
PRACTICAL & AESTHETIC ADVANTAGES
- APPEARANCE. The equipment, material handling system and tipping floor are all inside an attractive building.
- LOCATION. The plant can be located in an industrial area of the city, thus dramatically reducing freight costs to a landfill and the number of garbage trucks necessary. The plant can also be located next to the city sewage treatment facility and be used to process sludge. The plant can be located at prior landfills where it can be used to process landfill gas or to reclaim the ground.
- IMPORT INCOME. The plant can accept railcars or barges of waste, allowing the facility to process waste from other locations and generate additional income.
- CONVERT EVERYTHING. Virtually any kind of waste can be processed, (solid, liquid, or gas) except nuclear material. This includes, but is not limited to, MSW, auto shredder residue, coal fines, medical waste, hazardous waste, sludge, oily water, tank bottoms, landfill gas, dioxins, PCB's, pesticides, paint, tires, contaminated soil, incinerator ash, etc.
- COMPLETE CONVERSION. The conversion of the waste to salable products is greater than 99%. This is the ultimate recycling system.
- VALUABLE PRODUCTS. The waste is converted into valuable products, including electricity, ethanol, vitrified glass, metal and sodium bisulfite. Molten metals are separated for recycle. Other valuable derivative products can also be produced. Non-carbon-based materials, including silica, rocks, concrete, soil, glass, gravel, minerals, etc. are vitrified or thermally fused into glass by the thermal transformer.
- REDUCES COSTS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH LANDFILLS.
- ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF REVENUE.
- STIMULATES YOUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
- CREATES JOBS.
- MONEY STAYS AT HOME.
- REDUCES PETROLEUM DEPENDENCE.
- HELPS MEET ALTERNATIVE FUEL MANDATES.
- ELIMINATE LANDFILLS. This process does not generate residual waste, thereby eliminating the need for new landfills
- GROUND WATER. The risk of contaminated ground water is eliminated.
- RENDER INCINERATORS OBSOLETE. Existing incinerator plants can be retrofitted into our process, eliminating the ash disposal and emissions problems inherent with incinerators.
- AIR AND WATER EMISSIONS ARE BELOW EPA STANDARDS.
- RECOVERED ENERGY. The energy produced by the process (electricity or ethanol) is recovered from discarded materials.
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