UR-3R Process® Description

Global Renewables has integrated a suite of the world\'s best commercially proven resource recovery technologies to create the Urban Resource - Reduction, Recovery and Recycling (UR-3R) Process®.

UR-3R Process

The UR-3R™ Facility receives and processes municipal solid waste (MSW), which includes collected household, commercial and green waste and is able to deliver a truly sustainable waste management solution by:

  • Reducing waste generation through community education and recognition of the full life cycle cost of waste management
  • Reducing greenhouse gas and leachate emissions by processing the putrescible portion of the waste stream
  • Recovering valuable recyclables from the non-putrescible portion of the waste stream
  • Recycling the organic portion of the putrescible waste stream into renewable energy and high quality organic growth media (OGM), thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and leachate, and helping to close the carbon cycle.

The UR-3R Facility integrates unit process technologies in:

  • Waste stream separation
  • ISKA Percolation
  • SCT Composting and refining
  • Energy recovery.

Each unit process is proven and currently in commercial operation around the world. The Eastern Creek UR-3R™ Facility in Sydney is the first to fully integrate these leading technologies to provide a total solution for waste management.

Global Renewables has licensed rights to use each of these technologies and enjoys strong relationships with the technology providers.

Key features of the UR-3R™ Facility are:

  • Modularised unit processes that can be tailored to suit local conditions
  • Increased recycling rates by over 100 per cent
  • Increased diversion of waste from landfill to around 70 per cent
  • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by between one and two tonnes of CO2 per tonne of MSW
  • Renewable energy generation
  • Designed to meet European emissions standards.

 

UR-3R Process Description

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  1. Waste Delivery
  2. Waste Receival, Separation and Sorting
  3. ISKA® Percolation
  4. Anaerobic Digestion
  5. Biogas
  6. SCT Composting
  7. Maturation
  8. Screening and Refining
  9. Composting and Refining