Route three
Waste streams and idle capacity as project inputs
Some of the best industrial projects do not start from a plan. They start from something a company already has and currently pays to get rid of, or owns and does not use.
What counts as an input
If it leaves your gate at a cost, sits still, or is sold far below what it could be worth after one processing step, it is worth assessing.
- By-products and residual streams with a disposal cost attached
- Off-spec or downgraded material that never reaches full price
- Waste heat leaving the process without being recovered
- Idle equipment, spare shifts and unused production capacity
- Industrial land or buildings that carry cost without producing
How the assessment works
We characterise the stream or the asset, look for a route that turns it into a product or an input for another process, and test whether the volumes and the logistics carry a real project. Where they do not, we say so — that answer is cheaper now than after an investment.
What you pay
Where a project results, it is funded and structured like any other: supply agreement, shared results, or joint company. The value created by the stream is part of how the project pays for itself.
Who this fits
Industrial companies who know they are throwing away something with value, and waste managers and revalorisers looking for an industrial partner able to fund and build the processing step.