Cleantech biotechnology · research stage
Turn selected laboratory chemical waste into a treatable biological process.
HEMPZYME combines hemp-derived filtration media, immobilized engineered enzymes and microbial treatment to target specific contaminants before conventional waste handling or downstream treatment.
Designed for selected, characterized aqueous waste streams. Not a replacement for hazardous-waste regulations, segregation requirements or analytical verification.
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How hemp and enzymes treat selected lab waste
A short overview of the modular treatment train — hemp-derived filtration media, immobilized engineered enzymes and contained microbial treatment.
Complex waste, one stream at a time
Laboratories generate chemically diverse aqueous streams that rarely fit a single treatment technology.
Modular biological treatment
Hemp-derived media, immobilized enzymes and contained microbial stages target specific contaminant classes.
Verification, not assumption
Every configuration is validated analytically before any treatment claim is made.
Illustrative overview of a research-stage concept. Treatment performance depends on waste composition and requires analytical verification.
The problem
Laboratory waste is often too complex for a one-size-fits-all solution.
Laboratories generate small but chemically diverse waste streams. Many are collected and transported for energy-intensive or expensive off-site treatment, even when only a few specific contaminants define the hazard.
- Phenols
- Dyes
- Pharmaceutical residues
- Organophosphates
- Hydrocarbons
- Halogenated organics
- Dissolved metals
High disposal burden
Specialized hazardous waste can be expensive to transport and treat, often through energy-intensive off-site routes.
Valuable water streams are discarded
Some dilute aqueous streams may contain relatively low concentrations of specific contaminants, yet are handled as bulk hazardous waste.
Treatment is rarely modular
Different contaminant classes require different chemistry and biology, which fixed single-technology systems cannot cover.
The opportunity
HEMPZYME aims to provide targeted on-site or near-site pre-treatment for compatible waste streams — pre-treatment and polishing designed for controlled waste-treatment workflows, with analytical verification required at every stage.
How it works
A modular biological treatment train
Seven stages, each addressing a different part of the chemistry. Select a stage to see what happens inside it.
Waste characterization
Compatible aqueous waste streams are identified and segregated before any treatment design work begins.
- Phenolic waste
- Pharmaceutical residues
- Organophosphates
- Selected halogenated organics
- Metal-containing aqueous streams
Build your treatment train
Screen your stream against conceptual module chains
An orientation tool for technical teams considering biological pre-treatment. It shows how contaminant classes map to modules — and where biology is the wrong answer.
What is in your waste stream?
Select the contaminant classes you know are present. Multiple selections are supported.
Phenols
High potential- Hemp biochar
- Laccase reactor
- Microbial treatment
- Polishing
Oxidative enzyme treatment has high potential; compound-specific validation required.
Conceptual screening tool — not a hazardous-waste treatment recommendation. Any treatment design requires waste characterization, laboratory validation, analytical verification and compliance with applicable regulations.
Technical credibility
Why attach enzymes to a solid matrix?
Free enzymes in a waste stream are consumed and lost. Immobilization on hemp-derived cellulose or porous carbon turns a biocatalyst into a reusable reactor component.
Improved enzyme stability
A solid matrix can shield the catalyst from shear, pH swings and denaturation.
Potential reuse
Attached enzymes stay in the reactor instead of leaving with the treated stream.
Easier separation
No downstream step is needed to remove dissolved biocatalyst.
Higher local catalyst concentration
Dense active-site loading on high-surface-area media.
Continuous-flow compatibility
Packed cartridges suit steady-flow treatment rather than batch dosing.
Pilot pathway
Five steps from a characterized stream to validated data
No treatment claim is made before analytical validation. Pilot data coming soon.
- 1
Waste characterization
We review analytical data for one repeatable aqueous stream and confirm segregation requirements.
- 2
Bench-scale compatibility test
Small-volume tests indicate whether the contaminant classes present are biologically addressable.
- 3
Enzyme / sorbent selection
Enzyme families and hemp-derived media are matched to the specific chemical targets.
- 4
Pilot reactor trial
A modular cartridge train runs on your stream under controlled waste-treatment workflows.
- 5
Analytical validation
LC-MS, GC-MS, TOC or ICP-MS results determine whether treatment performance is real and repeatable.
Pilot program
Start with one waste stream.
HEMPZYME pilots begin by identifying a repeatable, chemically characterized laboratory waste stream and validating whether biological treatment is technically and economically suitable.