Process Engineered Fuel

Creating Waste from Fuel

To maximise recycling and resource recovery, KTS Recycling have partnered with ResourceCo to manufacture Process Engineered Fuel (PEF) from recycled plastics, textiles, wood and other materials. One of the benefits of convering waste into fuel is to reduce the amount of waste going into landfill

An Alternate Fuel Source

PEF has a significant calorific value and can be used as a fuel substitute for coal and gas in high-combustion facilities (such as cement making) and its use benefits end-users in two ways:

• The energy replacement value from utilising Process Engineered Fuel instead of traditional fossil fuels
• The carbon and renewable energy benefits:
  • Through reduced fossil fuel use.
  • The reduction in landfill emissions.
  • Renewable energy certificates obtained.

PEF production wouldn’t have been possible without Australia’s first Untha XR Shredder (pictured above) to assist delivering the quality of product needed to meet specification.

The Waste Management Review have also published an article of KTS Recycling for their commitment to particle size innovation through PEF.

Base of Operations

KTS Recycling has established an interim PEF manufacturing facility at Knox Transfer Station, with full scale production expected to be achieved in 2020.

KTS Recycling would like to thank Sustainability Victoria for their infrastructure grant which has helped make this project possible.