Solid recovered fuels
The organization of SRF (solid recovered fuels) into a specific market has created new recovery potential, which enables the reduction in the quantity of waste incinerated or stored in landfills and the operation of two types of alternative fuels: a biomass fuel consisting of paper, cardboard and wood, which is eligible for carbon credits, and a highly calorific fuel mainly made up of plastics.
In Ludres, a specialized unit is under construction on the Ludres site, in the East of France. It is designed for the preparation of SRF from non-hazardous industrial waste which is not currently recovered. The industrial process integrates automated sorting technologies, in particular for the recovery of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and creates two production streams resulting in the two types of fuels. The Ludres plant will be capable of treating 86,000 tons of non-hazardous industrial waste per year.
In Norway, we are already very involved in this market in Norway, supplying 35,000 tons of SRF for Oslo’s district heating and 40,000 tons to the Norcem cement company, i.e. approximately one quarter of its annual energy requirements.
In South Korea, we produce fluff type RDF and pellet type RDF/RPF by processing combustible wastes including packaging film through the EPR system. This processing removes incombustible materials such as dirt, glass and metals, and it makes RDF or RPF that can be burned as a fuel by itself or blended with other fuels.
We provide fluff RDF as an alternative fuel for cement kilns and pellet RDF/RPF for powering exclusive-use RDF boilers in cogeneration plants, paper mills, etc.
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