Founder Ju Feng began research and development in waste resource utilization as early as 2000, establishing Ju Feng Company in 2007 to assemble a team dedicated to developing technologies for the resource recovery and harmless treatment of municipal solid waste. Since 2007, when the State Council established the waste management model of “incineration as the primary method, supplemented by landfill,” despite continuous improvements in waste incineration technology and increasingly stringent emission standards, the inherently high-emission nature of this model—coupled with the historical prevalence of malignant diseases among residents near incineration plants—continues to strike fear into the hearts of residents near proposed incinerator sites. This fear easily triggers large-scale mass incidents. Across the country, conflicts between governments and local communities over waste incineration have significantly tarnished the image of government authorities.

In 2018, China's Ministry of Science and Technology first included the development of non-incineration waste treatment and resource recovery in the national “13th Five-Year Plan” key R&D program. This initiative aims to achieve the principles of “zero pollution, full utilization, high value, and broad outlets” in waste management. That same year, Jufeng was invited to serve as a core technical partner for this scientific project, participating in the “13th Five-Year Plan” key R&D program focused on resource recovery from aged waste. Collaborating with Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Hubei Xinxinlan Company, Jufeng developed a non-incineration waste sorting technology for resource recovery of aged waste. This technology achieves precise separation of organic and inorganic components through meticulous sorting, enabling the reuse of various materials and successfully meeting the objectives of low-pollution waste management and full resource utilization.

The national demonstration project for this major 13th Five-Year Plan initiative was established at the Changshankou Landfill in Jiangxia District, Wuhan, with Jufeng serving as the chief designer. The demonstration project successfully achieved the predetermined goal of full resource utilization, addressing longstanding industry challenges in China: limited and crude waste management methods (primarily landfill or incineration), low recycling value, and difficulty in reuse. This waste resource recovery technology has been incorporated into the implementation plan of the 13th Five-Year Plan's Major Science and Technology Project for Resource Recovery of Stale Waste, providing technical assurance for resolving social conflicts arising from waste management in China. Building upon this foundation, Jufeng pursued in-depth R&D. In 2021, the company independently developed its second-generation waste sorting pyrolysis technology (Waste → Sorting → Plastic Polymerization → Mixed Organics → Pyrolysis → Carbon Residue). This process involves sorting waste to modify and polymerize plastics into plastic products, while mixed organics undergo anaerobic pyrolysis to produce carbon-based materials and synthetic natural gas, achieving full resource utilization through sorting and pyrolysis.

In 2022, Jufeng collaborated with Professor Chen Zhulei's research team from the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology to jointly develop the third-generation subcritical hydrolysis technology for waste (Waste → Sorting → Organic Waste → Subcritical Hydrolysis → Organic Coal). This process recycles sorted organic waste through subcritical hydrolysis to produce combustible organic coal, achieving full resource utilization through waste sorting and hydrolysis.

In May 2025, building upon the third-generation technology, Jufeng pioneered the fourth-generation superheated steam decomposition technology (Waste → Sorting → Organic Fraction → Superheated Steam Decomposition → Organic Coal). This process decomposes sorted organic waste into combustible organic coal under low-pressure superheated steam conditions, achieving full resource utilization through waste sorting and superheated steam decomposition.

The national waste treatment technology roadmap is transitioning comprehensively from “end-of-pipe landfill” to “energy-generating incineration.” It is advancing along two resource recovery and harmless reuse pathways: “subcritical hydrothermal decomposition reactions” and “high-temperature steam decomposition gasification under low pressure.” The goal is to achieve near-zero emissions and full resource recovery of all components. The waste treatment evolution path: Landfill → Incineration → Sorting & Pyrolysis → Subcritical Hydrothermal Decomposition → Superheated Steam Decomposition. Subcritical hydrothermal decomposition and superheated steam decomposition represent the cutting-edge approaches for resource recovery from organic solid waste. Driven by the “Zero-Waste City” and “Dual Carbon” goals, these non-incineration technologies—capable of extracting maximum value from waste and converting it into high-value products—are taking center stage and will see widespread application in resource-based waste treatment.

As a core technological backbone of China's 13th Five-Year Plan initiative for “Resource Recovery Technologies for Aged Waste,” Jufeng has pioneered a three-in-one solution through proprietary innovations in multi-stage sorting, oxygen-free pyrolysis, subcritical hydrolysis, and superheated steam decomposition. This integrated approach achieves “harmless treatment + full resource utilization + energy conversion” for aged waste, poised to make significant contributions to China's solid waste management and circular economy development.