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Waste Solutions
Amager Bakke waste to energy plant, Copenhagen, Denmark

Waste Solutions

Are you a waste producer, manager or user interested in adding value to your waste?  HRL can assist in developing a tailored waste solution.

What Sort of Wastes?

  • MSW (Municipal Solids Waste), green waste, paper and cardboard waste and waste plastic
  • Contaminated soils and hazardous wastes
  • Commercial - C&I (Commercial and Industrial), C&D (Construction and Demolition) and RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel)
  • Motor industry - waste tyres and shredder floc
  • Minerals industry - tailings and fines, steel milling waste
  • Coal industry - fly ash and coal tailings
  • Agricultural - biomass, woodchips and sawdust, chicken litter, animal manure, food waste

Why Develop a Waste Solution?

  • Reduce waste disposal volumes and costs
  • Optimise the use of a waste in an existing process
  • Identify alternative uses for wastes
  • Convert a waste or by-product into a higher value product
  • Offset natural gas, LPG or electricity costs
  • Convert a waste into a form that can be utilised in a downstream process
  • Alleviate safety and environmental risks in storage, utilisation, and disposal of wastes

Services we offer

Example projects

  • Waste to Energy feasibility study and consulting services
  • Owners Engineering, including preparation of technical reports for environmental approvals
  • Thermal treatment of contaminated soils
  • Converting food waste into activated carbon
  • Evaluating use of RDF in cement kilns
  • Converting C&D timber into hot water for heating greenhouses
  • Alternative waste options study for a local council
  • Natural gas replacement using waste biomass
  • Dioxins and furans emissions measurements in the paper industry
  • Briquetting coal tailings to produce a value-added product for export

What Our Clients Say

"Going through the process of the energy audit was great for two main reasons. Firstly, it identified where we have information gaps and what we can start measuring to better understand our energy usage. Secondly, it independently identified and qu...

James Perrin
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Ready to transform your business performance?

Contact our technical consultants on -
+61 3 9565 9888
or
info@hrl.com.au to get started today.

Our Certifications

NATA

NATA accredited AtS/NZS ISO 17025, AS/NZS ISO 17020NATA Accredited Laboratories number 561

ISO 9001 Quality Management

ISO 9001 Quality Management certified by BSI under certificate number FS605116.