A system for recovering recyclable materials from mixed waste is provided. The system processes existing municipal solid waste collections to recover recyclable materials from the waste. The system uses various separation processes sequenced with a rotating, horizontal constant-flow steam based waste processing vessel to efficiently separate high value materials such as metals and rigid plastics while additionally separating low value plastics and post-consumer commodities. The system reduces landfill load and operational costs while simultaneously providing the reduction of carbon emissions achieved with recycling post-consumer commodities.

A system for recovering recyclable materials from mixed waste is provided. The system processes existing municipal solid waste collections to recover recyclable materials from the waste. The system uses various separation processes sequenced with a rotating, horizontal constant-flow steam based waste processing vessel to efficiently separate high value materials such as metals and rigid plastics while additionally separating low value plastics and post-consumer commodities. The system reduces landfill load and operational costs while simultaneously providing the reduction of carbon emissions achieved with recycling post-consumer commodities.

A conveying screw for a food waste disposal device that can stir, crush and cut food waste generated from homes or restaurants, while transferring the food waste, to reduce the amount of the food waste, includes a rotational shaft, and a plurality of spiral rotor blades installed to an outer peripheral surface of the rotational shaft in a spiral pattern to stir, crush and cut food waste. Each of the rotor blades is provided with a plurality of air supply holes penetrating the rotor blade to supply external air to the food waste between the opposite rotor blades, thereby generating bubbles from the food waste and then discharging vapor.

A multi-stage product gas generation system converts a carbonaceous material, such as municipal solid waste, into a product gas which may subsequently be converted into a liquid fuel or other material. One or more reactors containing bed material may be used to conduct reactions to effect the conversions. Unreacted inert feedstock contaminants present in the carbonaceous material may be separated from bed material using a portion of the product gas. A heat transfer medium collecting heat from a reaction in one stage may be applied as a reactant input in another, earlier stage.

Implementations of a non-polluting biomass processor, and manufactured processor components are disclosed which at least partly address the local technical problems of a municipality, business, and/or organization, to generate non-polluting emissions, while generating at least one, often two or more, product outputs from biomass feedstocks input into the biomass processor. Examples of the operations of the biomass processor and various combinations of its manufactured processor components are disclosed. The product outputs may include carbon char and/or activated carbon, both of which may be used to increase water retention in climates with hot, dry summers and/or used to remediate water pollution in water reservoirs.

A multi-stage product gas generation system converts a carbonaceous material, such as municipal solid waste, into a product gas which may subsequently be converted into a liquid fuel or other material. One or more reactors containing bed material may be used to conduct reactions to effect the conversions. Unreacted inert feedstock contaminants present in the carbonaceous material may be separated from bed material using a portion of the product gas. A heat transfer medium collecting heat from a reaction in one stage may be applied as a reactant input in another, earlier stage.

The method and system for recycling waste including plastic waste of the present invention includes a carbonizing step in which waste including disused plastic products such as PET bottles is carbonized in a carbonization furnace in which the temperature is raised in stages multiple times.

A multi-stage product gas generation system converts a carbonaceous material, such as municipal solid waste, into a product gas which may subsequently be converted into a liquid fuel or other material. One or more reactors containing bed material may be used to conduct reactions to effect the conversions. Unreacted inert feedstock contaminants present in the carbonaceous material may be separated from bed material using a portion of the product gas. A heat transfer medium collecting heat from a reaction in one stage may be applied as a reactant input in another, earlier stage.

The present invention provides a method of simultaneously recycling plastics and detoxifying chromite ore processing residue with residual heat from a steel slag. By heating and gasifying plastics with steel slag, followed by catalytically split-decomposing the plastics with catalysts such as chromite ore processing residue, the plastics are thoroughly converted into a energy gas under water vapor gasification. The surface coking of Chromite Ore Processing Residue is avoided. Meanwhile, the energy gas reduces Cr.sup.6+ in Chromite Ore Processing Residue into Cr.sup.3+, and the energy gas is cooled, and CO.sub.2 and Cl in the energy gas are adsorbed by alkaline substances in Chromite Ore Processing Residue. With this method, chromite ore processing residue is detoxified, and steel slag is cooled, furthermore, energy is saved and a energy gas is obtained.

In a method for disintegrating organic substrates, an alkaline solution is added as pH-altering solution to the substrate and said substrate is then treated with steam, or steam is added, for heating to a temperature below 100 C. Under pressureless conditions, the heated substrate admixed with alkaline solution is subjected to a residence time. Preferably, the organic substrates are sludges from wastewater treatment plants.