How to effectively treat waste and minimize pollution? How to turn waste into treasure and maximize the utilization of recycled resources? Henan Shibo has pioneered a new approach to comprehensive waste treatment and utilization: it converts domestic waste into refuse-derived fuel (RDF) with high calorific value and stable combustion, produces bio-organic fertilizer from waste, and manufactures new composite materials for supporting frames of vegetable greenhouses—achieving the "resource-oriented, reduced-volume, and harmless" treatment, recycling, and reuse of domestic waste. Currently, this waste treatment plant handles over 100 tons of domestic waste per day, and has treated more than 23,900 tons of domestic waste since it was completed and put into operation at the end of last year.

At the waste treatment plant, the reporter saw that after waste is delivered, it first undergoes classification, sorting, and pretreatment. The waste moves along conveyor belts and passes through various types of equipment, which separate organic matter, inorganic matter, and combustible materials from the waste. The plant applies one invention patent and six utility model patents to ensure that over 95% of the waste is classified. Meanwhile, batteries (including button batteries) are separated, stored in a dedicated area, and then transported to professional hazardous waste treatment units for disposal—preventing heavy metal pollution to the environment.

Second, the plant produces refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from waste. By adopting new technologies and advanced equipment, it converts waste into recycled fuel with a calorific value of 3,000 kcal, featuring high calorific value, stable combustion, and low emissions of dioxins.

Third, for the organic matter in the waste, the plant uses odorless composting technology (German technology) based on membrane-covered high-temperature aerobic fermentation, combined with a chelating agent-added technology to remove heavy metals, to produce bio-organic fertilizer for flowers, gardens, and seedling culture media. The reporter observed that the produced organic fertilizer is in the form of dark black powder, piled up like small hills in the large production workshop. Rows of neatly arranged bagged finished fertilizer are stacked beside the workshop. In addition to a red sign with the two Chinese characters "Zhui Qiu" (meaning "Pursuit"), the fertilizer bags also display "Peptide Compound Mineral Fertilizer" (in white characters on a blue background), the manufacturer’s name, and contact information.

Furthermore, there is a production line currently in the commissioning phase. Using waste plastic recycling technology, it extracts waste plastic from domestic waste every day and "turns waste into treasure" to produce new composite materials, which are used for making supporting frames of vegetable greenhouses. At present, over 100 tons of waste enter the plant daily, and 100 to 150 kilograms of waste plastic can be recycled from each ton of waste. The molded products made from plastic waste are sold at a price of approximately 7,000 yuan per ton, and more than 20 tons of molded products have been produced so far. The reporter saw three greenhouses built with this new material in a corner of the waste treatment plant, with I-shaped cyan-gray strip composite materials used as the supporting frames inside the greenhouses.

Last but not least, after the waste is sorted through 3 manual sorting platforms, 3 drum screens, 3 magnetic separators, and 1 air separator, plastics and metals in the waste are screened out for recycling. The separated soil, bricks, tiles, stones, and other materials are transported to landfills for disposal.