Tara Olivo, associate editor04.13.17
PHS Group, a U.K-based hygiene company, recently commissioned a system that takes absorbent hygiene product waste and converts it into energy.
The patented system called LifeCycle launched recently after a six to nine month trial period at its site in West Bromwich, outside of Birmingham in England. The multi-million pound investment is the first process of its kind that can operate cost-effectively and on an industrial scale. It combines mechanical separation with chemical treatment and converts highly absorbent hygiene waste products into Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF), which is then supplied to the alternative energy market both in the U.K. and in Europe. RDF is typically burned in biomass plants to produce electricity and hot water either for municipal power systems, the National Grid or individual companies.
Hygiene product waste is typically incinerated or sent to landfill, where the waste can take up to 500 years to decompose and is one of the largest contributors to landfills across the globe. In addition to the environmental toll these options take, businesses sending these waste products to landfi
The patented system called LifeCycle launched recently after a six to nine month trial period at its site in West Bromwich, outside of Birmingham in England. The multi-million pound investment is the first process of its kind that can operate cost-effectively and on an industrial scale. It combines mechanical separation with chemical treatment and converts highly absorbent hygiene waste products into Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF), which is then supplied to the alternative energy market both in the U.K. and in Europe. RDF is typically burned in biomass plants to produce electricity and hot water either for municipal power systems, the National Grid or individual companies.
Hygiene product waste is typically incinerated or sent to landfill, where the waste can take up to 500 years to decompose and is one of the largest contributors to landfills across the globe. In addition to the environmental toll these options take, businesses sending these waste products to landfi
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