FEATURE - BY SAMUEL McKEOWN
Bioelektra Group leads the way in environmentally-friendly recycling
WASTE treatment and recycling pioneers Bioelektra Group have created a system guaranteeing over 90% recycling and retrieval rate, together with an environmentally-friendly solution. The Warsaw-based company will introduce the system to the UK, which combines a business and fi nancial effi ciency with fully controlled and automated sterilisation. What makes the bioelektra system diff er from more commonly-used methods is its waste autoclaving processing (a form of solid waste treatment that uses heat, steam and pressure).
Paweł Miller, CEO of Bioelektra Group, said: “Autoclaving of municipal solid waste (MSW) is not a new concept, but unlike common autoclaving systems we conduct the process in a total controlled manner without applying steam
directly onto waste but instead utilising water contained in waste to create pressure for the process.
“The sterilisation process is managed by the artifi cial intelligence (AI), self- learning software capable of analysing the composition of waste and applies parameters of the process accordingly. “This is benefi cial to make sure the output is of defi ned quality, less moist, and the desired fractions are easy to separate.” Paweł continued by speaking about the company’s current shareholders and how the system can be adapted to deal with a wide variety of sectors. He said: “The [company’s] shareholders came from all kind of business avenues – from fashion to fi nance – so we are passionate on applying solid business principle for any project using our technology. “We believe our system should be able to meet the highest recycling levels, low gate fees and be able to deliver high quality products to the market. “We’re also aiming to expand the value chain by processing plastics and other materials, and production of fi nal goods or products.” Paweł stated this will create more local jobs and provide protection from market shifts, for example, the recent China waste ban.
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PAWEŁ Miller, CEO of Bioelektra Group
The Bioelektra system accepts any kind of municipal waste – sorted or unsorted, providing increased recycling opportunities. “We are happy to work with both existing operators looking for technologies to improve their recycling or recovery rates and municipalities looking for greater economic effi ciency in terms of recycling solutions,” continued Paweł.
“The system has the potential to decrease overall waste collection and treatment cost for any UK municipality by 50% through simplifi cation of segregation- at-source and collection system, while increasing income from recyclables sales while lowering operational cost. “Bioelektra systems can, for example, double the capacity of any incineration plant by recovering all recyclables and drying waste by 20% while purchasing excess of heat or sterilisation purposes.”
How does the product beat competitor methods?
Bioelektra aims to provide the highest recycling rate at the most attractive gate fees. The group can have a sound business case with much lower gate fees, and no subsidies are required thanks to the ability to produce clean and sterile biomass from the biodegradable fraction. This in turn massively reduces landfi lling
to 5-10% of initial waste load with full automation, resulting in 5 to 10 times reduced labour costs. Regarding what products the system will process, Paweł added: “We can accept any kind of municipal waste, regardless how well sorted or un-sorted it is. “After the sterilisation process through the system’s uniquely-designed autoclaves, hygenised and dehydrated waste reaches an automated sorting line, which is equipped with optical, mechanical, magnetic and laser sorters. “In our fi rst plant we separate nine fractions, such as biomass, PET, PP, ferrous and non-ferrous, metals, glass, two types of RDF, and landfi lled fraction – with the latter never more than 10%.” Paweł explained that for bigger plants, the system can be adapted for up to 17 fractions with several types of plastics, or mineral fractions of diff erent sizes separated for further use.
According to Paweł, the whole process is fully automated without human intervention and there is no sorting by hand. This leads to great
savings on labour costs, while 150,000 tonnes per year will only need to be operated by 8-10 persons.
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