The treatment of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) poses significant challenges for all organizations operating in the recycling sector and for Public Administrations, such as municipalities, which are legally required to properly manage the disposal of this type of waste.
When we talk about Municipal Solid Waste, we are not only referring to the waste produced in private households during daily activities, but also to many other types of waste, radically different from each other and generated in very diverse contexts. MSW includes, for example, green waste from parks or gardens, waste from cemeteries or street cleaning activities, office or commercial waste, as well as packaging and production scraps from light industry, and even abandoned waste collected from public areas or roads.
According to Italian law, all waste that does not fall under the category of special waste must be considered MSW, regardless of its hazardousness or management complexity. Municipalities are required to ensure its safe disposal by equipping themselves with dedicated plants that allow for effective waste separation, maximize the recovery of recyclable materials, and comply with environmental regulations and worker health and safety standards.
CAMEC Plants for MSW Treatment
CAMEC designs, builds, and installs efficient and customized plants for the treatment of Municipal Solid Waste, specifically developed to optimize the separation of materials within the unsorted mass and to maximize the quantity of recoverable materials, ready to be sent to recycling plants and thus gain value also from an economic perspective.
Moreover, CAMEC’s lines are developed to minimize manual operations by workers, focusing particularly on process automation and the improvement of comfort in sorting cabins, thereby enhancing working conditions for operators tasked with separating specific materials from the unsorted mass.
All CAMEC MSW selection plants are custom-developed, based on the requests of individual clients and the characteristics of the territory where they are installed. However, the processing phases that waste undergoes can be schematically summarized in a few key steps:
The processes within an MSW treatment plant are highly complex due to the wide variety of materials present in the incoming waste, requiring all components of the line to work in a coordinated and synergistic manner to maximize the amount of correctly recovered material.
For this reason, CAMEC has developed increasingly efficient MSW treatment lines, perfectly integrating automated steps with manual interventions, while progressively equipping operators with tools to perform their tasks as safely and comfortably as possible. In CAMEC MSW treatment plants, operators can stop the line at any time, if necessary, by pressing a dedicated emergency button. They work in climate-controlled sorting cabins with wide passageways and large windows, optimizing visibility and ensuring ideal working conditions throughout the year.
Advantages of CAMEC MSW Treatment Plants
Thanks to their focus on process efficiency, CAMEC MSW treatment plants allow:
If you would like to learn more about CAMEC’s Municipal Solid Waste treatment plants, visit our website and contact our team of technicians and professionals for a personalized consultation.