Mechanical-biological treatment
Mechanical-biological treatmentPre-treatment – Recovery – Disposal
The facility in Fischamend has been in operation since 1997, initially for waste composting. Following a refurbishment in 1999, the facility was expanded in 2004 with the construction of a mechanical processing hall. Since then, it has been operated as a mechanical-biological waste treatment plant.
The process yields high-calorific-value fractions for subsequent thermal treatment, as well as compostable material suitable for disposal at the plant’s own landfill site.
The input consists of two groups: mixed construction/commercial waste and residual/household waste from the integrated waste collection system. On the one hand, this comprises waste suitable for sorting, which, alongside recyclables, provides raw materials for the production of substitute fuel (commercial waste separation); on the other hand, it comprises heavy fractions which, following the composting process, become suitable for landfill.
In addition to the coarse and heavy fractions from mechanical processing, other waste (cemetery waste, screenings and grit chamber contents) is fed into the biological treatment process.