Something we see increasingly in households and offices: waste separation. Plastic in the bin for plastic, paper in the bin for paper and household and residual waste in the general waste bin. Although many people already conscientiously separate their waste, residual and household waste still contains too many materials that deserve a second life. Such as plastics, metals and paper.
Smart waste sorting facility
Meet AVR: a specialist in processing various types of household and residual waste. AVR is a company with a clear mission: to prevent waste getting discarded as waste. Uh … what? In other words: AVR does its best to ensure that usable – indeed, valuable – waste is not needlessly discarded. The company achieves this by converting waste into energy and raw materials for both households and businesses. Looking for the most innovative ways to solve waste and energy issues is part of their daily routine. In fact, AVR now also operates as an energy supplier that provides heat for some 160,000 homes.
New separation installation (NSI) rescues valuable materials before they go into the incinerator
We see it more and more in households and offices: plastic goes in the bin for plastic, paper goes in the bin for paper and household and residual waste go in the general waste bin. Although many people already conscientiously separate their waste, residual and household waste still contains too many materials that deserve a second life. AVR rescues these valuable materials before they go into the incinerator and separates them effectively from the residual waste flow.
This sorting operation is performed by a huge machine, which not only keeps track of the amount of waste separated out, but above all analyses its quality. This smart machine answers a commonly asked question: ‘what can we still use?’ Things gets smarter further down the line: you can even have the post-separation system sort the materials into plastic film, hard plastics or moulded materials with a cap. This ensures that you remove all the valuable materials from the waste flow.
AVR built a large new facility for its sorting activities in 2017. And when we say large, we actually mean really large. About the size of a football field in fact. The scope of the assignment we received from AVR was also pretty impressive. We were tasked with fitting out this new building with all the automated systems required for the sorting operations. Such as the high-voltage supply system, transformers, low-voltage distributors, fire alarms, sprinklers, a public address system, heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
Don’t waste waste
In early 2017, we sat down with AVR to come up with a basic electrical engineering design based on the initial ideas for the new post-separation plant. Having agreed that basis, we then produced a detailed design, including all the specifications for actual installation. AVR’s procurement department had put this contract out to tender and we and a partner submitted a bid. And won the order!
Transition to a clean world!
Together with AVR, we are making significant progress in the transition to a clean world where nothing goes unused. We have more than met AVR’s expectations with our modern, energy-efficient electrical system that will allow them to sort waste very efficiently for years to come. It’s time to turn worthless rubbish into something valuable again!
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