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Egypt: Lafarge Industrial Ecology (Ecocem) has signed two major contracts to manage and operate existing refuse-derived fuel (RDF) platforms in Suez and Qalyubeya in Egypt.
In an effort to continue its efficient waste management processes, the company has signed a year agreement to renovate and upgrade the platforms in Suez and another separate 10-year agreement to manage and operate the existing platforms in Qalyubeya. Lafarge Ecocem has already added a new production line to the Suez platform and plans an additional line within one year of signing its contract with the governorate. The plant will produce 42,000t/yr of RDF and the investment will total US$1.66m.
Ecocem has also already added an extra line to the Qalyubea plant, in addition to renovating one production line. The company's future investments in the governorate will increase the RDF production capacity by 32,000t/yr to 280,000t/yr. Both investments at the Qalyubeya plant were funded by GIZ and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with a total Investment of US$1m.
"In line with our 'Building Egypt 2030' campaign, Lafarge is committed to help solve the issue of waste in Egypt and to continue taking the necessary steps towards sustainable development," said Hussein Mansi, CEO of Lafarge Egypt. "At Lafarge Egypt, we feel it is our responsibility as a leader in building solutions to be the major proponents in waste management and plan to continue finding many opportunities to make a difference."
Building on its waste management strategy, Lafarge Ecocem is committing to several additional long-term contracts with different governorates to help convert municipal solid wastes to alternative fuels. In addition, in March 2015, Lafarge Egypt and Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding S A E signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a waste management framework of municipal and agricultural waste.
Lafarge Egypt and Ecocem have implemented many projects over the past three years in order to increase the use of alternative fuels and aim to achieve an average fuel substitution rate of 25% by the end of 2015. More than 260,000t of waste have been processed and fired in Lafarge's Sokhna plant since 2013, an equivalent of 100,000t of fossil fuels.
Austria: UNTHA Shredding Technology has launched its new XR ripper and cutter series of pre shredders for the production of refuse derived fuel (RDF) and solid recovered fuel (SRF).
The new XR shredders offer flexibility to the final particle size by the use of two distinct cutting methods that can be configured and re-configured by the end user. The tearing motion achieves a rough shred of untreated waste, with a homogenous, pre-determined particle size between 100 - 400mm, while the final fraction size is regulated by adjustable screen bars. Load-dependent speed controls adjust the XR shredder's RPM and torque to maximise throughputs of up to70t/hr.
Key benefits of the XR shredder include:
• 45 - 50% less energy consumption, which can equate to over Euro631,066 in electricity savings over the lifetime of the machine,
• Load-dependent speed controls which adjust the RPM and torque to achieve maximum throughput of up to 70t/hr,
• Synchronous, water-cooled motors work tirelessly without overheating, guaranteeing the XR's unparalleled uptime statistics,
• Consistent particle sizes between 50mm - 400mm achievable, depending on requirements,
• Less than 75dB of noise output.