Selection of Industrial Trade Waste Resource Recovery Technologies—A Systematic Review

Jake A. K. Elliott and Andrew S. Ball
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Jake A. K. Elliott: ARC Training Centre for the Transformation of Australia’s Biosolids Resource, RMIT University, Bundoora 3083, Australia
Andrew S. Ball: ARC Training Centre for the Transformation of Australia’s Biosolids Resource, RMIT University, Bundoora 3083, Australia

Resources, 2021, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-22

Abstract: Industrial wastewater and other trade wastes are often sources of pollution which can cause environmental damage. However, resource recovery approaches have the potential to lead to positive environmental outcomes, profits, and new sources of finite commodities. Information on these waste sources, and the valuable components which may be contained in such waste is increasingly being made available by public, academic and commercial stakeholders (including companies active in meat processing, dairy, brewing, textile and other sectors). Utilising academic and industry literature, this review evaluates several methods of resource recovery (e.g., bioreactors, membrane technologies, and traditional chemical processes) and their advantages and disadvantages in a trade waste setting. This review lays the groundwork for classification of waste and resource recovery technologies, in order to inform process choices, which may lead to wider commercial application of these technologies. Although each waste source and recovery process is unique, membrane bioreactors show promise for a wide range of resource recovery applications. Despite interest, uptake of resource recovery technologies remains low, or not widely championed. For this to change, knowledge needs to increase in several key areas including: availabilities and classification of trade wastes, technology choice processes, and industrial viability.

Keywords: resource recovery; trade waste; industrial wastewater; biogas; struvite; membrane (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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