Every time we set out to make a profit, we inevitably create waste in the process. In the old days, waste was something that was burned, buried, or dumped in the nearest river or ocean.
Today, we need to be a little more prudent in how we dispose of our trash, because if we don’t, we’ll not only continue to poison our own environment, wasting precious and finite raw materials, but we’ll also start destroying our profitability. . I eat? Because we miss doing what all natural organisms do: what nature takes as energy is usually the waste of something else, be it humans, plants, microbes: what goes around comes around. On top of that, if we still refuse to recycle and reuse our waste sensibly, the cost in monetary terms with more and more sanctions about to be implemented could make financial stability a thing of the past. However, with more and more incentives to reduce our carbon footprint in the form of lucrative carbon credits, the financial incentives to manage our waste efficiently have never been greater.
One of the biggest waste concerns right now is the efficient management of toxic waste, whether it comes from hospitals, veterinary offices, slaughterhouses, or even supermarkets and hotels with their food waste problems.
At the moment, every ton of toxic waste carries massive liabilities, in terms of licensing, storage and transportation issues, and gate fees for disposal. It is no longer allowed to dump toxic waste in legal dumps (although a large amount of illegal dumping still continues).
Both hospital waste and food waste run the risk that unless treated fairly quickly, the chances of dangerous toxic odors or even gases being released during normal storage can be quite high. For health and safety reasons, neither type of waste should be landfilled or incinerated, but they will need very careful processing to make them safe and recover as much energy as possible (both have very high calorific values). Unfortunately, carrying out this safe conversion will require a large investment in the right equipment and then there will be logistical issues to safely transport the waste to this processing plant. On top of this, healthcare providers face a huge challenge managing all the regulated waste streams that are generated in a modern facility.
There are already a number of regulated solutions available to hospitals and other types of medical facilities, but all of this means that the medical facility producing the waste will have to pay a high gate fee for disposal (in the region of $400 or more per tonne). ), plus all licensing, waste security, and transportation costs involved. Most of these service providers will make a good profit from removing this waste and for many of these organizations they will be very interested in getting rid of their responsibility in the easiest way possible and getting on with their main task – health. . care.
But, as financial stability becomes increasingly difficult to maintain and medical financing, especially in the public sector, comes under increasing scrutiny, alternative methods should always be investigated.
One of those methods that is gaining more and more popularity in terms of public safety, and the ability to turn this waste from a liability to a profit center, is to install systems at every hospital or other point of waste production, which will really reduce the amount of waste and turn it into sterile raw material that can be safely transported to a large waste management plant, where it can be successfully converted into renewable energy. This is also done in a sealed environment, so there is no chance of toxic fumes or odors escaping in the process.
By installing revolutionary new ‘waste converters’ at the point where the waste is created, instead of creating a liability of at least 400 per ton, with all the dangers of having toxic waste close to many people, these converters actually create a sterilized product with real resale value, and in an environment where no toxic fumes or odors are released.
So, with the right technology, the waste material will have gone from being a liability at around 400 per ton, to a sterile feedstock for conversion to green energy, worth around 100 per ton. The increase in value will be in this order:-
1. Liability of 400 per ton disposed of
2. No more problems or special costs of storage or transportation
3. All the contents would have been ground into small pieces, including organic and inorganic material.
4. Actual volume will have been reduced by at least 60% through removal of moisture.
5. Any non-organic recyclable material will have been cleaned and sterilized, ready for sale.
6. The heat generated to sterilize the waste and the evaporation of considerable amounts of moisture may have been returned to a heat exchange system, for a value.
7. The waste will now be able to be sold to a waste management facility, either for value, or in exchange for carbon credits or electricity revenue. The residue can be easily transported in vehicles that will not require special cleaning afterwards.
8. The entire organization could boast a true GREEN accreditation.
Depending on the actual amount of waste produced by each location, and if several separate entities could work together on this, it may be economically viable for them to come together to invest in a special waste management system, which will take the sterilized waste. waste and convert it into green electricity. Revenues from generated electricity and the value of carbon credits should pay for such a system in less than three years.
Now, those who still insist on sitting by and doing nothing to change their ways of managing waste sensibly will find very little regret for their inaction. Very soon, the fines that will be imposed on companies that are not yet “doing their bit” to manage their waste problems with some concern for the environment that we all have to share, will be disproportionately large.
Why not invest wisely in your green future now and remove the threat of punitive and costly action if you don’t…
The choice is yours. Waste Not – Want Not, never classify truer…