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Database of Waste Management Technologies |
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Case Study 3 - Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
| General Information | Photo Gallery | |
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| Name: | Recycling Sorting Plan of Alexandroupoli |
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| Owner: | Hellenic Recovery & Recycling Corporation | |
| Operator: | Makis Thimianidis/Eco Soluitons | |
| Technology: | MRF | |
| Designed Capacity: | n/a | |
| Cost: | 2.35 million € (total investment cost) | |
| Location: | Alexandoupoli, Greece | |
| Served Area: | Cities of Komotini & Alexandoupoli, Greece | |
| Commercial Start Up: | 2010 | |
| Contact Details | ||
| Address: | 1) Hellenic Recovery & Recycling Corporation Chimaras st. Maroussi 15125, Athens, Greece 2) Eco Solutions 4th Km Alexandroupoli-Avanta Greece |
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| Phone Number: | +30 210 8010962 | |
| Fax: | - | |
| Email: | 1) info@herrco.gr
2) ecosolution@hotmail.gr |
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| Website: | www.herrco.gr | |
Short Description
The Recycling Sorting Plan of Alexandroupoli is a MRF plant that receives recyclables from the recycling scheme which has been developed in the cities of Komotini and Alexandroupoli. The scheme, which serves 100,273 residents, includes 1,405 blue bins for recyclable materials and 4 vehicles for the collection.
The plant occupies an area of 1,740 m2 and has been in operation since June 2010.
Main parts of the plant are the following:
- Two lines with conveyor belts for handpicking
- One electromagnets
- One ballistic separator
In 2010 the plant operated 610 hours and recovered 1,407 tons of recyclable materials. About 30% of the recovered recyclables are reclaimed at local recycling companies whereas the rest are exported.
Key Facts
| Treatment Capacity: | 1,741 tpa | (Data of the year 2010) |
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| Input Material: | Mixed Packaging Waste & printing paper from households (blue bins) | 1,741 tpa |
| Packaging paper/Cardboard | 32% | |
| Printed paper | 28.90% | |
| Rest paper (tetrapack) | 1% | |
| Packaging plastic | 10.8% | |
| Rest plastics | 0.4% | |
| Ferrous metals | 1.8% | |
| Aluminum | 0.5% | |
| Other non ferrous metals | 0.7% | |
| Glass | 4.8% | |
| Wood | 0% | |
| Other recyclables | 0% | |
| Residues | 19.10% | |
| Output Products: | Packaging | 880 tpa |
| Printing Paper | 505 tpa | |
| Rest no-packaging | 22 tpa | |
| Cardboard | 39.59% | |
| Printed paper | 35.89% | |
| Rest paper (tetrapack) | 1.21% | |
| PET | 4.97% | |
| HDPE | 1.71% | |
| PVC | 0% | |
| LDPE | 3.84% | |
| Rest plastics | 2.63% | |
| Ferrous metals | 2.13% | |
| Aluminum | 0.57% | |
| Other no ferrous metals | 0% | |
| White glass | 0% | |
| Coloured glass | 5.90% | |
| Wood | 0% | |
| Other recyclables | 1.56% | |
| Residues to final disposal | 293.60 tpa |
Extra Information
| Plant Process Data | |
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| Number of magnets | 1 |
| Total recovery capacity of magnets | 3,000 kg/h |
| Number of handpickers | 13 |
| Total recovery capacity of handpickers | n/a |
| Number of ballistic separators | 1 |
| Total recovery capacity of ballistic separators | 6,000 kg/h |
| Total storage area for recyclables | 352 m2 |