Ahh yes and at the cost of serious labor in doing so, just yet another factor that makes this even more of a deficit.. lol.. They couldnt make money in the first place but additional steps to sort cost both time and money, things that this process cannot afford because it is already a money loss.
Never mind the "grind" process requires additional machinery, must be maintained and also requires even more labor.
Environmental? What is the cost of disposing of this water? Impact study? Disposition of the left over material?