Technology
The ARC Process™ consists of a continuous series of biological and mechanical processes which converts MSW into marketable commodities namely:
High grade insect meal
High nutrient fertilizer
An innovative industrial reductant which can replace coking coal
The process consists of conventional methods of waste preparation and segregation augmented by innovative technologies that recover, re-form and re-purpose the MSW elements, significantly reducing the amount of mixed solid waste going into landfill.
ARC Ento Tech’s comprehensive approach is the strength of our system.
A Total System Approach to MSW Processing
The key stages of the ARC Process™ use two component core technologies protected under the patent pending registration and form the heart of the system:
1. Bio-Process
ARC’s bio-process utilises the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) to consume all edible organic waste in the MSW stream. The larvae are then recovered and converted into commercial products, highly nutrient insect meal and organic fertiliser.
Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Digester
ARC Ento Tech Ltd has developed an innovative continuous process using the Black Soldier Fly to recover nutrients from food waste and digestible organic components.
This consists of a ‘digesting circuit’ that provides ideal conditions for the Black Soldier Fly larvae to flourish and optimize nutrient recovery. The recovered nutrients are then re-formed and re-purposed into ‘new’ products that are channeled back into the consumption cycle.
All indigestible organics (such as paper, textile, wood, rubber, leather) and plastics left behind after this process move on to the RDR™ mechanical process which then converts them into another commercial product. This unique process makes for ARC’s total solution to MSW.
2. Mechanical Process
ARC’s mechanical process utilises a unique technology which converts plastics and other non-digestible organics into Refuse Derived Reductant (RDR™), a valuable industrial use product.
Refuse Derived Reductant (RDR™)
ARC Ento Tech Ltd has developed the RDR™ Production System which recovers and re-forms all residual waste consisting of inorganics (plastics) and inedible organics (paper, textiles, wood) into a dense high carbon, high calorific value reducing agent.