RDF - Waste Is More Than Meets the Eye

Waste is considered one of the most devastating plagues of our environment as well as one of the worst legacies we can ever hope to leave behind for the future generations.
Waste is the trash that we have irresponsibly left behind scattered over the environment.

Not only is it unsightly and spoils one's appreciation of the scenery; it can also bring harm to those around it.

It can serve as a habitat for pests that cause diseases.
This is why people who leave near dumpsites have higher chances of contracting illnesses.

The germs that come together with the foul smell are enough to make people sick.
Even the animals are in danger of meeting accidents because of these foreign objects in their habitat.
The garbage also degrades the environment by disrupting the ecosystem and increasing the rate of erosion.

The RDF technology however believes waste is more than meets the eye.
RDF or Refuse Derived Fuel believes that waste can be converted into something useful; a testament to the old saying that there is money in garbage. This revolutionary green technology uses an MRF or Materials Recycling Facility to perform waste-to-energy processes.
The MRF collects MSW or municipal solid waste from residential areas and stores it inside closed chambers.
These chambers help contain the harmful gases emitted by the trash.

This is to avoid the possibility of causing sickness to the people around the MRF plant. Before producing RDF, the MRF first subjects the collected trash into sorting techniques.
A combination of manual and mechanical sorting is employed to separate the waste into two.
The first portion consists of all trash items that can still be reused. These items are then cleaned and processed to be brought back into reusable state.

Then they are packed and shipped to end users, commonly the companies who first made them.

The proceeds are used to offset part of the costs of maintaining and operating the plant. The RDF gasification process takes place on the remaining portion of the trash; the non-reusable items.

These items are subjected under extreme heat to transform them into super heated vapor known as syngas or synthetic gas. The process is conducted inside air tight containers to prevent the escape of carbon gases into the atmosphere.

The syngas is then transformed into energy and stored inside electrical generators.
The generators then convert the energy into pellets.
Hence Refuse Derived Fuel technology helps the environment in three ways; elimination of waste, reduction of air pollution, and provision of energy.