Strategy

Global Renewables' process strategy is to separate and recover resources at their highest net resource value.

Addressing the urban waste management problem with a resource recovery solution will help achieve sustainability in consumer materials flows. It is not possible to support a future where we continue to dig up virgin resources, consume and then dispose of them to landfill or incineration. This practice is clearly unsustainable.

Global Renewables' has selected a suite of the world's best commercially proven resource recovery technologies and integrated them to create the Urban Resource - Reduction, Recovery and Recycling (UR-3R) Process. This leading proprietary technology, which is an ideal vehicle for the community's journey towards a zero waste future, adheres to the following design principles:

• Reduction - minimising waste generation including all emissions
• Recovery - maximising recovery of resources from the waste stream for reuse or recycling
• Recycling - maximising recycling of all portions of the waste stream, including the organic matter, which is principally responsible for the generation of greenhouse gases and leachate in landfill.

The UR-3R Process is unique in that resources inherent in the waste stream become cleaner at every stage of the process. Shredding and mixing are minimised; and separation processes are maximised using both mechanical and natural biological technologies. Waste is treated gently to enhance recovery of resources such as glass and paper. Resources that have a higher recovery cost than the current net value are rendered inert for either safe landfill disposal or separate storage.

The UR-3R™ Facility is designed to recover the highest net resource value from municipal solid waste.