The Bedminster BioEnergy Technology can be configured to produce either a BioEnergy or compost material. In each case the initial part of the process uses the patented Bedminster Digester to efficiently separate the waste into biodegradable and non-biodegradable fractions.

Waste is received onto a tipping floor where any oversized items are removed before being transferred, un-shredded, to the Bedminster Digester. The Digester can be sized to suit the material to be processed, but typically a digester drum with a capacity of 50,000t/annum would be 70m (230ft) in length and 4.6m (15ft) in diameter.

In two days the Digester breaks down the biodegradable material by a combination of microbial and mechanical activity, to form a consistent BioMass material less than 12mm 25mm (1inch) in size that can be easily separated from the non-biodegradable fraction that remains essentially whole. This is achieved by passing the output from the Digester over a trommel screen; in this case the biodegradable fraction drops through the trommel and the un-shredded material such as plastic bags, bottles, cans and similar items pass over the screen.

The overs are passed through magnetic and eddy current separators so that metals can be recovered for recycling, whilst the balance synthetic material, mainly comprising plastic and non-biodegradable textiles, is baled and transported for further processing/recycling.