ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Nowadays facilities for large administrative areas are being constructed and distance between the points of waste collection and final disposal sites are getting longer. Issues like rationalization of waste streams’ movement in urban and rural agglomerations and optimization of facilities’ location become more important. On the other hand, despite of the requirements imposed by the European Union, landfilling remains the leading method of waste disposal in Poland. What is more, there is no indication that the situation will change significantly in the coming years, which leads to the conclusion that incineration is the only solution in terms of coping with such a large amount of generated waste.
Max Aicher company has recognized this problem very early and developed a two-stage transport system including automatic transfer stations equipped with high-performance presses, containers, truck scales with infrastructure and translation systems.
The main objectives of the transfer stations’ construction:
• transport costs’ reduction by waste compaction,
• optimal use of transport means and organization of work,
• preservation of competitive rates for waste disposal,
• possibility to create Voluntary Waste Collection Points – collection of problematic waste (electrical, electronic, etc.)
• region free of unpleasant smell