With the new sorting line, the French Veolia Group is the first waste processor in Flanders to comply with increasingly stringent local regulations on the sustainable management of material cycles and waste materials. Flanders’ Minister-President Jan Jambon, who applauds Veolia’s pioneering steps, officially inaugurated the new sorting line together with Ghent Mayor Mathias De Clercq.
The new line consists of the latest sorting technologies and is based on a unique operating concept. Various components – including sieves, magnets, recognition cameras as well as mechanical and optical separators – ensure optimal sorting. As a result, up to 35% of recyclable waste can be recovered.
This mainly includes dry residual waste from Flanders-based companies. Veolia then extracts reusable materials such as paper and cardboard, hard plastics, plastic films, wood, metals as well as less obvious waste flows like mattresses and polystyrene foam.
Once recovered from the waste streams, the extracted materials travel to local processors who then recycle them into new raw materials. The most local, circular solution is sought for each waste stream.
