Sewage Waste to Become Plastic

Applied Cleantech (Israel) have created a new innovation that makes it possible to turn municipal sewage sludge into raw materials, which can in turn then be used in paper and plastics.

The technology works by way of a compact, automatic and efficient facility that recycles solids from raw sewage and turns them into high-quality consumer products through a continuous process (SRS- Sewage Recycling System). The end result of the production is the sewage creates high quality clean and environmentally friendly raw materials. This will help add extra "green" points to the facility in which it will be used.

On top of the raw materials that will be produced, plants can reduce sewage purification plant loads by around 35%. This creates a fall in energy consumption for purification plants along with reduced operational and maintenance costs. First, reducing regular operational costs by approximately 30%, as well as gaining raised capacity. Second, manufacturing and selling high quality consumer goods by utilising sewage materials, and third - reducing greenhouse gases, thus preventing environmental hazards. Applying this system will allow turning purification facilities into a true asset - a source of income and environmental contribution.

The company's development was intended to provide a solution for issues in sewage care. Today, a certain percentage of the massive amount of waste produced by human beings (solid municipal waste) is cleared through garbage systems to landfills, and some is cleared through the sewage system through sewage purification facilities. The raw sewage that reaches the sewage purification facilities contains suspended solids, soluble solids, minerals, oils, and toxic compounds. Speaking in environmental terms, sludge is currently considered one of the major issues that need to be solved.

Dr. Refael Aharon, CEO and founder of Applied Cleantech: "The revolution is in regarding these solids not as waste that must be hidden, consumed by bacteria, or buried, but as a resource and base for raw materials that is sold back to the industry.

This technology is able to recycle solids in wastewater and turn them into raw materials that can be used to manufacture paper and plastic. It is currently being utilised in a few cities around the world, and in advanced negotiation phases with municipalities and investors in Europe and the United States.