Environmental benefits of the waste treatment at the Ecoparc 4 of the Barcelona metropolitan area
- Saving energy and raw materials: mechanical-biological treatment enables materials to be recovered that were not properly separated and sent for recycling.
- Compost production: this plants uses the organic matter that has been selectively collected to produce compost, an organic fertilizer that can substitute chemicals.
- Bio-stabilized production: organic matter extracted form refuse is stabilized and used for landscape restoring, landfill restoring and civil works.
- Together, this plant recovers around 52% of all waste treated.
- Decrease in the volume of waste for sanitary disposal: after treatment in this plant, the volume of waste to be dumped is much lower —around 48% (in weight).
Besides, this plant's residue includes less than 15% of organic matter, thus dropping dramatically the greenhouse gas and leachates emissions when landfilled.