Services at European standards and a first for Romania. Garbage from sector 5 of the Capital is currently mechano-biologically treated in the ultra-modern facility within the Integrated Management Center for Sorting, Mechanical-Biological Treatment and Waste Disposal in Vidra township – Ilfov county.
All following the initialing between the City Hall of Sector 5 and Eco Sud SA of the contract for the delegation of the management of the mechano-biological treatment of residual waste. The written agreement between the parties includes the transport of biologically stabilized components of the CLO type to the ecological deposit within the same location, as well as the transport and delivery of RDF to high-efficiency energy recovery facilities.
Thus, the City Hall of Sector 5 becomes the first public authority in Romania that made possible the mechano-biological treatment of the entire amount of waste produced by the citizens of this sector, just as it is done in developed European states that attach special importance to the protection of the environment and the health of the population.
The revolutionary mechano-biological waste treatment technology developed by Eco Sud SA at the Integrated Management Center for Sorting, Mechano-Biological Treatment and Waste Disposal – Vidra, Ilfov county, brings great benefits to the residents of the Capital, but also contributes essentially to compliance with to Romania of the environmental targets established by the European Union regarding environmental protection, recycling and diversion from storage of household waste.
Practically, from this moment, the classic storage of household waste at the Vidra ecological landfill will decrease progressively and consistently, reaching in a short time only the storage of CLO-type covering materials, the main activity related to the waste moving completely to the treatment facility mechano-biological.
The Romanian and German engineers achieved great technological progress at Vidra, reaching the unparalleled performance in Europe of treating 1,000,000 tons of waste per year.
The capacity and efficiency of the mechano-biological treatment facilities in Vidra was considered outstanding, almost double the existing technologies in Europe.
In Vidra’s integrated mechano-biological treatment facility for household waste, the technological process is based on aerobic decomposition, which consists in the biodegradation and stabilization of the organic fractions in the waste. The chosen solution is a system covered with membranes due to the advantages it has compared to the open one: the reduction by up to half of the mass of the organic part, therefore of the total amount removed, as well as obtaining a biologically inert material and odor.
As the Vidra facility was designed as an integrated one, the waste from Sector 5 once entered is processed in such a way that it separates into components that become raw materials for specialized factories. All are precious resources that go into the circular economy, reducing the cost of extracting and producing others.
Moreover, only an absolutely integrated mechano-biological treatment plant treats the waste in its entirety, biostabilizes it so that it no longer produces harmful environmental factors – from odors, suspended powders or contaminated liquids. On the other hand, when mechanical and biological treatment are carried out on the same site, environmental protection is 100% ensured and costs are considerably reduced.
Digitization was one of the keys that ensured the success of Eco Sud SA in the waste treatment industry and the Vidra facility became the first echelon of digital maturity.
The effective transformation of the classic storage of waste into their mechanical-biological treatment in installations with high-performance technology has led to multiple benefits for public authorities. In accordance with the legislation in force, the circular economy contribution and the related VAT no longer have to be paid for the quantities of waste diverted from landfill. Thus, the Town Hall of Sector 5 will make a significant saving to the local budget, taking into account that a large part of the amount of municipal waste treated at TMB Vidra is recovered.
Aiming to build a mechano-biological waste treatment facility at Vidra that would mark a major change from the technologies and capacities used so far in Europe, many analysts have assessed that the project will be difficult, with large investments and bottlenecks.
The final success and implementation of the technology to treat 1,000,000 tons of waste annually means that dozens of Romanian and German engineers and technicians knew how to build and operate a facility with cutting-edge technology.
The joint investment, Romanian-German, is over 50 million euros and the equipment is of the latest generation, to respond to the composition of the waste in Bucharest subject to analysis and to comply with the European norms in the matter. It is a state-of-the-art facility with the most advanced treatment systems, including artificial intelligence for optical separators and streams. All are concentrated in one facility, which has the largest capacity in Europe.
The mechano-biological treatment of waste requires considerable investments, but it is of essential importance for the protection of the environment and the implementation of public health policies in the EC, and these treatment operations have been practiced, at efficient parameters, for over 15 years in developed countries. They are mandatory and implemented by special laws.
The European Commission has repeatedly requested and notified Romania to implement the mechano-biological treatment of waste. Thus, through the operation of the TMB installation from Vidra-Ilfov with an advanced technology, the problem of mechanical-biological treatment for the Bucharest-Ilfov region and its surroundings, which represents over 30% of the municipal waste generated in Romania, is successfully solved.
Eco Sud SA is the most important supplier of integrated environmental solutions for the recycling and management of urban solid household waste and assimilable industrial waste. The company is licensed Class I by Order issued by the National Regulatory Authority for Community Services of Public Utilities and is certified for the Management System of Quality, Environment, Health and Occupational Safety by the certification body TUV Rheinland InterCert Gmbh – Germany.
With a portfolio of seven Integrated Waste Management Centers: Vrancea, Bacău, Dolj, Teleorman, Giurgiu, Neamț and Bucharest, Eco Sud SA has chosen to effectively contribute to the protection of the environment, sustainable economic growth and the achievement of growth standards of the quality of life in Romania, according to https://ecosud.ro/.
