Waste
& Recycling
The waste and recycling industry is constantly incorporating research and development in a drive to achieve greater resource efficiency.
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The development of techniques to improve the recycling process as a whole or to generate “energy generation” from waste, ( including thermal recovery processes and anaerobic digestion), are reliant on research and innovation.
Any challenges that face uncertainty could qualify for the governments R&D incentive. Replacing old and inefficient infrastructure with new technologies that are compliant with previous systems can be very challenging. Businesses require constant adaption to become compliant with the ever changing safety regulations. The risk of explosion due to the handling of flammable materials and high electrical currents add to these challenges.
The government’s Research and Development incentive allows your business to pursue these advancements in the knowledge that a large percentage of the costs incurred can be returned. Whether your projects have been successful or not, the benefits apply.
Specific areas of eligibility
Improving operational efficiency by increasing the processing capacity, accuracy, flexibility and safety of a materials recovery process. Often through automation processes.
The purification of products by extraction methods. The safe and efficient removal of flammable or acidic chemicals prior to the recycling process.
The development or improvement of methodology for the production of biodiesel and other valuable commodities from food waste.
Modifying existing production processes to comply with ever changing regulations, and to meet the carbon footprint targets.
Developing large scaled and effective processes to enable the effective, efficient recovery of pure plastics from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. (WEEE)
The use of separation technology within the extraction process. Including the continuous solid-liquid extraction, liquid-liquid extraction as well as Ion-exchange and magnetic separation.
Our experts will forensically examine your entire company to discover the areas of R&D within it.
We will get a feel for your business as
an entirety and fully understand the complexities of its day to day running as well as the major projects that are on the go.
Their expertise allows them to uncover many qualifying costs that may have been overlooked by accountants.
