urban transformation. cities have always been big business, machines for creating money and culture,...
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URBAN TRANSFORMATION
Cities have always been big business, machines for creating money and culture, a means for people to gather and create a civilised, comfortable life. (FT: 26 MAY 2015)
URBAN TRANSFORMATION
Managing and eliminating urban municipal waste is a cost to society
subsidised by governments through tipping fees
URBAN
WASTE
COST OF MANAGING WASTE
COLLECTION
CLASSIFICATION
SOURCE SEPARATI
ON
TREATMENT
PACKAGING
ENERGY GENERATION
SOIL
INERT
RECYCLING
ENVIRONMENT
LANDFILL
VALUE OF WASTE
COMMUNITY
ENERGY
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIAL COST
TIPPING FEE
URBAN TRANSFORMATION
HKA’s business model has enhanced the value recovered from waste and thus
reduced the cost to society
AGRICULTURE GRADE
COMPOSTFERTILIZER
AGRICULTURESOIL
URBAN TRANSFORMATION
Organic fraction of urban municipal waste is processed into agriculture grade compost and
combined with mineral plant nutrients to produce organomineral fertilizer
ORGANIC
WASTE
COMPOST
MINERALPLANT
NUTRIENTS
ORGANOMINERAL
FERTILIZER
In comparison to mainstream
mineral fertilizers
Less mineral nutrients applied……but more effective absorption by the plant• Increased crop yields• Increased soil organic content• Reduced chemical residue bound in the
soil• Reduced run-off to underground water
sources
URBAN TRANSFORMATION
COMPOST
MINERALS
PRODUCTION
Hexaferm is manufactured into dispensable granules and pellets,
each containing the same composition of ingredients
DISPENSABLE WITH MAINSTREAM AGRICULTURAL
MEANS
PELLETS
GRANULES
MINERAL
TY
PES
OF
FER
TIL
IZER
SEEDER
URBAN TRANSFORMATION
ENERGY
HKA has taken a step in transforming modern urban life
into an economically and ecologically more sustainable one
WASTERECYCLING COMPOST
RAW MATERIAL
FERTILIZER
GOODSPRODUCTION AGRICULTUREFOOD