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An Israeli recycling company that turns raw sewage waters into recycled products and energy while cutting down on costs signed an agreement this week with a Dutch wastewater and paper mill facility.
The firm, Applied Clean Tech, has been developing their Sewage Recycling System (SRS) since 2007 and uses wastewaters to create different recycled products, including energy.
According to the company, their system prevents approximately half of the sludge from ever being formed and creates recyclable materials by converting the bio-solids into Recyllose, a material made of cellulose.
Cellulose is the main component of plant cell walls and it is mainly found in paper, but it also has many other uses like in the textile industry, in insulation and some kinds of plastic.
"It saves a lot of money, about 30 percent of operational costs and it's extremely useful in those countries like Israel, that cannot make cellulose and therefore spend a lot of money importing it," Applied Clean Tech's CEO, Raphael Aharon, told Xinhua.
The system separates the dirt from the water, sterilizes both the clean and the waste water and then separates the cellulose from the scrap material.
Applied Clean Tech has currently installed the SRS system in four Israeli cities and have sold one unit in Mexico and another one in Scotland, but if the Dutch collaboration proves to be fruitful, the company hopes they will expand to other countries in Europe.
