Welcome
Shiva PWC is a new startup company. We are raising money to build a Proof of Concept system that embodies our game-changing waste conversion technology so we can tune its parameters and then demonstrate it to trash collection companies across the planet. Our technology turns trash into cash (jet fuel or electric energy, and valuable byproduct materials). It can both replace landfills and clean them up (the ones that are still open for new trash).
There's a lot of money in trash: $52 billion per year in the United States alone; much more internationally. In North America, each person produces about a metric tonne (~2,200 pounds) of MSW annually. The number is similar in other industrialized areas. It is, of course, lower in less developed regions.
Right now, the mainstream way of handling MSW is to bury it in landfills, which have a lifetime cost of around one million dollars per acre. There is a growing concern about the integrity of existing landfills and the possibility of dangerous chemicals leeching into the water table if that integrity is lost. Across the planet, there is a desire, fueled by both economic and eco-political pressures, to find another way.
While the United States has an abundance of space for landfills (except perhaps on the East Coast), other parts of the world are not so lucky. In Europe, Asia, and even nearby Mexico, there is a real problem finding places to put new trash.
The problem is bigger than that however. More than eight millions tons of plastic waste are being added to our oceans each year, killing marine life across the planet. One such place, the North Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of around one million square miles (roughly the size of Mexico), in which hundreds of tons of plastic waste are floating. There are several efforts underway to remove this waste from the water, but none of them have a means of processing it once it’s collected. They are therefor forced to transport it thousands of miles to land and most likely a landfill. This adds significantly to operating costs and really just shifts the problem from one place to another. We have a solution that eliminates the need to transport the plastic anywhere.
You can learn more about us and what we're doing through the slideshow above and on the other page links up top.