Establishment of a waste selection and recovery plant for selective collection (plastics/metals and paper/cardboard) – Bellolampo

Establishment of a waste selection and recovery plant for selective collection (plastics/metals and paper/cardboard) – Bellolampo

The work in progress project involves the development of two distinct industrial facilities: the first for the recovery of paper and cardboard, and the second for the recovery and valorization of plastics sorted by polymer, ferrous materials, and non-ferrous materials.

Location

Bellolampo, municipality of Palermo (PA)

Data

Type of service:
Technical-economic feasibility
Design period:
work in progress

Technical data

Total site surface:
33.000 m²

Plastic selection and recovery section:
Maximum capacity: 30.000 t/year

Treatment phases: shredding; sorting and selection; pressing; quality control.

Selected materials:
Aluminum; iron; PET; HDPE; PS; PP; film; LDPE

Paper/cardboard selection and recovery section:
Incoming material characteristics: solid waste
Maximum capacity: 50.000 t/year

Selected materials:
Paper, cardboard, tetrapack, waste

Sustainable development objectives | Agenda ONU 2023

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

The treatment line planned for the first facility includes ballistic separations, optical separations, and manual selections. 

The treatment line planned for the second facility incorporates the use of air separation technologies, optical separation, magnetic separation, and inductive currents.

These facilities would complete the revamping of the Bellolampo site, along with the treatment plant for the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (FORSU), which is also designed by OWAC.