AVE was present at the International Technical Waste Days (JTIR), which took place between 21 and 23 November. Assuming himself as sponsor of the event, he also had the opportunity to participate in one of the thematic panels with the presentation made by the administrator Sandro Conceição.

The waste sector in Portugal faces an enormous challenge when confronted with the current levels and goals defined by the European Union.

This situation opens up to the sector the opportunity to adjust the solutions already implemented in the treatment of urban waste to guarantee the fulfillment of the defined goals. It was announced at the event that the PERSU 2020 revisit will have a fundamental role and will aim to generate more environmental, economic and social value in waste treatment in Portugal.

Waste collection is a priority theme for the Sector, and in this area, the aspects of “selective door-to-door collection”, “bio-waste collection”, “Payt systems”, among others.

In the field of Waste Recovery, the issues related to the operation of the TMBs were discussed, as well as the best destination for the REST fraction, and this topic was presented by AVE, of which the following aspects stand out:

1 – The need to guarantee the technical quality of the CDR from the remaining fraction (reduction of organic content and moisture). Essential condition to be verified for the cement industry to guarantee the consumption of CDR’s produced by TMB.

2 – For this to happen, there are solutions that properly integrated allow the drying of residues. These solutions require investments to be made that are eligible under Community funding frameworks.

3 – The use of TGR to differentiate the options of final destination, penalizing the waste placed in landfill is one of the necessary measures to increase the attractiveness of the CDR’s and make the desired change.

In this intervention, AVE publicly presented the availability of consumption of the cement factories of the associated companies and the reasons that currently limit the consumption of CDR’s from the Rest fraction of the TMB.