PGM Technology offers an economically and environmentally superior alternative to all other waste disposal methods such as landfill, incineration as well as other non-incineration thermal treatments (Gasification and Pyrolysis).

The only end products of the PGM process are:

SYNGAS, after cleaning, can be used in a Brayton (gas turbine/generator) and Rankine (steam turbine/generator) Combined Cycle energy recovery system, achieving more than double (40% - 50%) conversion efficiency compared with incineration’s only option, the Rankine Cycle with only 18% - 22% conversion efficiency.

VITRIFIED SLAG, is inert and non-leaching and can be safely used in the construction industry as aggregate or cast into molds to form solid building products such as tiles, blocks etc.

The most advantageous attribute of PGM is its minimal (virtually nil) environmental impact.

Since by its very nature the gasification–pyrolysis process converts the organics into Syngas under reducing (oxygen-deficient) conditions, many of the usual polluting substances are never produced. Thus Syngas can be easily cleaned to the required quality standard for fueling the Combined Cycle system.

PGM generated Syngas volume is only one-quarter to one-third of the volume produced by incineration. This small gas volume results in lower capital investment since both the gas conditioning system and the facility footprint are much smaller than in an incineration based facility.

Additionally, the solid residues of the gas cleaning system are collected and recycled back into the PGM reactor. PGM is thus a true "zero environmental impact" technology.

To sum-up the PGM advantages:

*    Lower investment and operating costs

*    No need for ash treatment and disposal

*    Production of commercially valuable vitrified slag

*    Minimal emissions into the atmosphere, particularly dioxins

*    Excess electric power for sale

The highest rate of volume reduction, residues inertization, solidification and immobilization, important not only in the treatment of hazardous wastes (MW, LILRW etc.) and the efficient energy recovery as well as overall environmental characteristics, such as benign residues and the lowest permissible emissions in the treatment of MSW and other wastes, are the unique qualities of this PGM Technology.