Astra Energy subsidiary demonstrates success of waste processing system

Astra Energy Inc.’s subsidiary, Regreen Technologies Inc., has achieved significant results in processing waste into a nonwaste Class A compostable commodity.

As determined through independent testing by Soil Control Lab, analytical chemists and bacteriologists approved by the state of California, when processing municipal solid waste (MSW) through the Regreen Total Waste System, the output produced has been converted to an odorless material free of harmful bacteria and pathogens, which does not have to be treated further or transported to the landfill. The resulting material can be used as compost or further refined into valuable marketable bioproducts.

According to the company, the system is a patented series of equipment and processes with specialized technology to convert any solid waste material into a marketable product.

These results represent validation that the Regreen technology and processing system complies with California Senate Bill 1383, which mandates the reduction of disposal of organic waste in landfills by 2025, the company says. Regreen has demonstrated a solution that all municipal recovery facilities in California can utilize to comply with SB 1383. The solution can also be applied nationally.

The business case for the Regreen system is based on both collecting a tipping fee for processing the waste and securing offtake agreements for the output commodity. The average MSW landfill tipping fee in the U.S. ranges from $53.04 to $69.94 dollars per ton. There are 1,074 recycling facility businesses in the U.S. as of this year. There are more than 300 million tons of MSW generated annually in the U.S. alone. In 2022, the revenue of waste management services in the U.S. surpassed $140 billion after a decade of continuous growth.