Autoclaving - The Pros & Cons

Overlooked by local Government as an alternative to current carbon intensive municipal recycling schemes, a critical report by Mr. J. Cuffe highlights the many financial and environmental benefits of the autoclaving technology.

Financial benefits

Technology - CapEx - OpEx per ton MSW

Gasification - >£54M - £69
Incineration - >£49M - £66
Autoclaving - £10M+ - £32
Costs less than kerbside recycling schemes.

Major household benefit

Autoclaving removes the need for households to separate everyday waste into glass, metal, paper, organic and so on.

• Reduces the overall volume of household waste with 60% or more.
• Allows recycling of around 80% of the unsorted municipal waste input.
• Reduces the overall volume of waste dumped in a landfill site by 80+%.
• A low-energy and low-carbon solution.
• No incineration, merely steam, which is condensed and recycled in each cycle.

• Overlooked by local councils as an environmentally sound alternative to current high-carbon and high cost kerbside collection schemes.
• Cannot take bulky household waste at present, though if shredded down this becomes possible.