Bio Cycle Labs — Liquid waste

Modular liquid treatment: industrial scale, recovery-first economics

This brief is structured for funding and partnership review: a deployable 40 ft treatment line with nominal capacity up to 300 m³/day, a reference high-strength whey case, transparent unit-cost positioning vs. market bands, and a technology story built around activation, aeration, and high-surface biological media—without legacy sludge logistics at the core.

BCL Liquid Waste — why this opportunity

We combine modular delivery, disciplined operating footprint, and recovery narratives (water + solids) that align with tightening discharge rules and rising disposal costs.
  • Deployable asset — containerised train; no greenfield civil works to reach first throughput.
  • Unit economics — target treatment cost under €10/m³ at scale vs. typical market €25–45/m³ reference band.
  • Operational simplicity — no oversized settlers, flotation trains, or conventional biological sludge cycle as the bottleneck.
  • Institutional narrative — clear KPIs: throughput, €/m³, recovery pathways, and replication across sites.

Investment case — how to read this brief

Sections below walk thesis → reference feed → economics → differentiation → contact. Numbers are presented as charts and tables for diligence; imagery illustrates deployment reality (transportable unit, in-container process density). Final terms are subject to technical diligence, feed variability, and jurisdiction.

What we do

We return water to the ecosystem.

We treat liquid effluents at industrial throughput: a single 40 ft module is designed for up to 300 m³ per day of treatment capacity, depending on feed characteristics and configuration.

Nominal capacity (40 ft unit)

up to 300 m³ / day

Reference case — whey from food production

Objective

Treat 5–12 m³ per hour of whey in a compact layout—without bulky, energy-intensive conventional trains—while keeping capital and operating complexity low. All process equipment fits inside a 40 ft container.

Typical feed composition

ComponentIndicative share / quality
Protein≈ 1.5%
Sugars≈ 5.5%
Ash≈ 1%
Water≈ 92%
COD> 25,000 mg O₂/L

Two-step process

  1. 1Solids recovery — extract dry matter for downstream valorisation or reuse.
  2. 2Water for technical reuse — produce water suitable for recycling on site; residual solids are conditioned into organic soil amendment, avoiding a conventional sludge-intensive path and heavy settling infrastructure.

Why it is attractive

Indicative treatment cost positioning (€/m³)

Illustrative comparison: internal **target band** vs. **typical market reference range** (sources vary by region and contract). Not a guarantee of performance.

€ per m³ treated

Target (project)< €10 / m³
Typical market reference2545 / m³
050

Deployment throughput band

Single **40 ft** configuration: indicative **hourly** window; daily capacity scales with uptime and feed class.

5 m³/h50 m³/h

Key operating & scale metrics (indicative)

Target treatment cost (project)< €10 / m³
Reference market cost band€25–45 / m³
Nominal capacity (40 ft unit)up to 300 m³ / day
Process throughput range (layout-dependent)5–50 m³ / h
Reference feed (case study)Whey, food production

Why it is attractive

  • Low treatment cost — target under €10 per m³ at ~300 m³/day scale; typical market treatment costs often fall in the €25–45 per m³ range.
  • Modular delivery — no greenfield civil construction; faster deployment and predictable footprint.
  • Low mass and lower OPEX versus large conventional plants with extensive earthworks and rotating equipment.
  • No oversized primary settlers, no flotation trains, no legacy biological sludge to haul and manage like conventional designs.

Technical differentiation

Physical activation train

Electrolysis, cavitation, and magnetostriction condition the water for rapid chemical polishing, efficient reagent dissolution, and gas transfer—enabling very fast reaction kinetics. In a 40 ft container layout, throughput can reach roughly 5–50 m³ per hour, depending on configuration and water class.

Flow-stream separation & aeration

A new aeration approach supports dissolving more than 80% of the gas into the liquid phase at low energy input, improving mass transfer where it matters.

Biological media

By combining biochemistry and molecular-scale design, we use a microbial substrate that outperforms common carriers: about 5,000 m² of effective surface area per 1 m³ of media for biofilm development.

Next step — management access

For **NDA**, data room access, and **technical / commercial workshops**, route enquiries through the corporate desk. We respond to qualified institutional and strategic counterparties.

Corporate enquiries (email)
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