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Paulo Ferrão: “It is important to use Fuel Derived from Waste”
The use of Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) should be a priority for the waste sector, said Paulo Ferrão, PERSU 2020 [Strategic Plan for Urban Waste] Working Group Coordinator.
Valorcar wants to value fragmentation waste
AVE - Gestão Ambiental e Valorização Energética, SA (AVE) established a collaboration protocol with VALORCAR to develop post-fragmentation screening technologies so as to select only part of the components form waste for co-processing, while the remaining will be...
A final and sustainable solution for waste
At AVE we promote the only method of waste management that does not produce ashes; therefore we offer a definitive solution: energy recovery and material recovery of waste allows for its complete elimination in an environmentally and economically...
Solid waste
The use as an alternative fuel by the cement industry can offer a sustainable and definitive destination for waste that is not recyclable and that otherwise would be landfilled.
Quality
The quality control of waste and cement is present in all stages of the process, from the selection of co-processable waste to the final product.
Forge
The use of waste to feed the cement kilns reduces the country's dependence on foreign energy.
Secondary raw materials
Some of the waste used in co-processing is part of the clinker production as secondary raw material, without changing the quality of the final product.
Environment
Co-processing ensures an environmentally sustainable and definitive destination for waste: it’s the only treatment solution that does not generate waste nor it creates environmental liability.