Dive Brief:
- Synergy Medwaste signed an agreement with Waste to Energy Canada, who will distribute the company's thermal gasification technology in the U.S.
- The Batch Oxidation System (BOS) technology used is a thermal gasifier which converts solid and semi-liquid waste into a synthesis gas, which can eventually be used to create steam and electricity.
Dive Insight:
Synergy will offer medical facilities a model which has Synergy investing the capital outlay for a solution to end-of-life medical waste. The distribution agreement encompasses sales, marketing and development of regulated medical waste facilities in the U.S. The EPA had called for safer alternatives for the thermal processing of hazardous and regulated medical waste, prompting the agreement.
