Vendor scan
22vendors profiled
Cover the field
We used primary and secondary research to find separation routes and suppliers.
Case Study · Technology Scouting
Separating textiles from unsorted municipal waste.
A leader in energy and waste management had a promising way to treat municipal solid waste and wanted to make it more efficient. We found the vendors that can pull textiles and flat objects out of mixed waste before processing.
The Client
The client is a leader in energy and waste management with its own technology for treating municipal solid waste safely and at low cost. It wanted to remove certain streams from unsorted waste before the main processing step.
The Challenge
Find the vendors.
Clean the stream.
Prescouter was asked to identify standout companies that could separate 2D objects and textiles from unsorted municipal solid waste before it reached the client’s processing system.
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Textiles
Fabric removal
Ways to pull textiles out of mixed waste.
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2D objects
Flat items
Ways to separate flat, two-dimensional objects.
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Operations
Cost and upkeep
Machine capability, maintenance and cost.
Our Approach
Scouting separation through research, experts, and outreach.
Technology routes
4technology offerings
Compare the routes
Subject matter experts validated the routes and key players we identified.
Vendor outreach
3standout options
Get the real numbers
We asked top vendors about capabilities, maintenance and costs not found in public sources.
The Outcome
Three standout options for cleaner waste streams.
Prescouter identified and profiled 22 vendors across 4 technology offerings. Based on direct outreach, 3 standout options were recommended to the client as viable ways to remove textiles and 2D objects before processing.
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Shortlist
3 standout options
Viable solutions for the client’s challenge.
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Field
22 vendors
Profiled across 4 technology offerings.
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Operations
Data from the source
Capabilities, maintenance and costs from vendors.
A treatment process is only as good as what goes into it. Removing textiles early makes the whole system run better.
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