There are a number of ways biomedical wastes can be disinfected including heating with steam, microwaves, autoclaving and conventional incineration. None of these take into account environmental issues, such as post-treatment disposal, energetics, greenhouse gas generation, emissions to atmosphere and waste minimisation. The Matrix process in contrast is a series of linked steps in which the disinfecting agents are themselves converted to benign substances such as water, clays and carbonates at a very low operating cost. It was this aspect that attracted the environmental technology grant from the Commonwealth Government which initially enabled the project to proceed to a commercial product in 1996. The interior of the machine is similar to the engine room of a vessel.
Maintenance is conventional engineering in nature.
We think we have the best technology for the purpose currently available so we have included those that we know about on the Web. . Click here for the alternatives. There are also a number of pages that discuss problems with incineration and landfill. There is also a page with a few documents relevant to regulatory regimes Matrix is interested in finding commercial collaborators in territories around the world. Matrix Technology Pty.Ltd.