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UHV Technologies
AI-driven identification and sorting, running on the scrap line itself.
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Updated Sept 27, 2026
Industrial waste processing covers what a plant does with its solid waste stream. On Halo, the solutions cover identifying and sorting scrap, residues converted thermochemically, waste plastic into a product, and recovering from a process stream. Sign up to search the full network and post your specific need.
Identifying and sorting scrap
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University of Belgrade
Reverse engineering the alloy so scrap can be sorted to the right grade.
In developmentUniversity
Sensor-based XRF separating non-magnetic high-alloy ferrous fractions.
In development
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy identifying scrap and grading it.
In developmentSupplier
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
Deep learning applied to automated ferrous sorting in steel recycling.
In developmentUniversity
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Acoustics and machine learning sorting metal scrap by the sound it makes.
In developmentUniversity
TF
Several sensors adapting together in one separation system.
In developmentSupplier
Residues converted thermochemically
Monash University, Melbourne
A water-based biorefinery route to furfural, keeping the cellulose too.
Sponsored researchIn developmentUniversity
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Fermentable sugars feed microbes that make biodegradable PHA polymers.
In developmentUniversity
DMSO extraction and supercritical CO2 recover several streams at once.
Sponsored researchIn developmentStartup
Colorado State University
Arrested anaerobic digestion at low pH yields butyric and caproic acids.
Sponsored researchIn developmentUniversity
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Catalytic hydrothermal processing straight to hydrogen and methane-rich gas.
Sponsored researchIn developmentUniversity
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Sorting is the mechanized half of the work on Halo, using XRF, laser breakdown spectroscopy, acoustics and deep learning to identify a scrap alloy on a moving belt. The other half is chemistry: pectin residues converted thermochemically, and waste plastic turned into wax, biochemicals or aromatics. On Halo it spans five groups, including identifying and sorting scrap, residues converted thermochemically, and waste plastic into a product.
Stage of development. Work on industrial waste processing on Halo comes mostly from university programs. 41% of the solutions are in market. Sponsored research and co-development are the usual partnering routes, and about 38% of the solutions that state terms offer licensing.
Three trends in industrial waste solutions on Halo
Six ways to read a piece of scrap. XRF sensing for non-magnetic high-alloy ferrous, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, acoustics with machine learning, deep learning on imagery, reverse engineering the alloy composition, and a multi-sensor system that adapts. Scrap is worth what it can be certified as, and every one of these is really a grading instrument.
Four catalytic routes from HDPE to wax. Pyrolysis with catalytic cracking, temperature gradient thermolysis, catalytic oxidative decomposition, and advanced catalytic pyrolysis. Four groups, four chemistries, one product. A fifth uses microbes to make a biochemical from the same feedstock and a sixth degrades it with tunable nanocomposites.
Wet waste goes to a reactor, dry waste goes to a sorter. The split is almost clean. Fourteen entries process wet agricultural residue thermochemically, avoiding the drying step every one of them names. Seven identify and separate dry scrap, where the difficulty is recognition and not moisture. Nothing on the page bridges the two.
543organizations
576solutions listed
63%from university labs
41%in market
Frequently asked questions
What are industrial waste solutions?
Industrial waste processing covers what a plant does with its solid waste stream. It spans automated scrap identification and sorting, conversion of agricultural and food residues into chemicals and fuel, chemical routes that turn waste plastic into a saleable product, recovery of material from other process streams, and the traceability around it. Industrial operators, recyclers and processors are the buyers.
What are examples of industrial waste solutions?
Five examples of industrial waste solutions on Halo include:
- AI-driven identification and sorting, running on the scrap line itself. (UHV Technologies)
- A water-based biorefinery route to furfural, keeping the cellulose too. (Monash University, Melbourne)
- Pyrolysis with catalytic cracking, turning recycled HDPE into wax. (Certech)
- Hydrothermal liquefaction of recycling screen rejects into bio-oil and biochar. (Queen's University)
- Waste traceability as software, for circularity and ESG reporting. (Arará Consultoría Ambiental)
What are the latest industrial waste innovations?
The most recently updated industrial waste solutions on Halo include:
Which companies and suppliers are developing industrial waste solutions?
There are 543 organizations with industrial waste solutions on Halo, 100 of them universities and research institutions. Among them are UHV Technologies, University of Belgrade, and Fraunhofer USA. Most offer sponsored research or co-development. Sign up to see every organization working in the area and to send them your specific need.
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