Selección, clasificación y reciclaje de residuos

Summary

Veolia's mission is to manage resources by developing access, preserving them, and renewing them through innovative technology. The video explains how waste from industrial and municipal sources is sorted, separated, and treated to create new raw materials. Using a combination of magnetic, ballistic, and optical separators, materials like paper, plastics, and metals are processed. The system is optimized for efficiency with remote-operated sorting, ensuring traceability. These recycled materials are then reused in industries to manufacture new products, contributing to a sustainable cycle of waste management and resource recovery.

Takeaways

• ♻️ The mission of Veolia is to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and renew them.
• 🗑️ Veolia selects and recycles both domestic and industrial waste daily through technology and innovation.
• 🔄 Waste is identified, sorted, and conditioned to create new raw materials, promoting a circular economy.
• 🛠️ Waste rejected by one process can become a resource for another, optimizing resource utilization.
• 🚚 Waste from industrial and municipal collections, such as cardboard, paper, plastic, wood, and metals, is delivered to sorting plants for processing.
• 🔍 The waste sorting process begins by separating items based on size using a rotating drum called a trommel.
• 🧲 A ballistic separator further divides the waste by density and shape, while a magnetic separator removes iron-containing materials.
• 💡 An optical scanner identifies and selects different materials, like various types of plastics, using compressed air for separation.
• 👩‍💻 Operators monitor and remotely control the automatic selection process, eliminating unwanted materials through a touch-screen interface.
• 🏭 The selected materials are compacted, undergo strict quality checks for traceability, and are used as raw materials in industries to create new products.

Q & A

What is the primary mission of Veolia as described in the transcript?

Veolia's mission is to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and renew resources through technology and innovation.

How does Veolia manage domestic and industrial waste?

Veolia selects and recycles domestic and industrial waste by using technology to identify, separate, and process them into new raw materials.

What happens to the waste that is rejected by one party?

Waste rejected by one party becomes a resource for others through Veolia's recycling and reprocessing system.

What types of waste arrive at the selection plant?

Waste such as cardboard, paper, plastics, wood, and metals from industrial and municipal collection arrives at the plant for processing.

How are the waste materials initially processed at the plant?

The waste is weighed and stored in the reception area, then fed into the classification and separation line for further sorting.

What is the function of the trommel in the waste separation process?

The trommel is a rotating drum that separates small and large waste materials based on their size for further treatment.

How does the ballistic separator work in the sorting process?

The ballistic separator separates waste according to its density and shape, with flat waste moving upward and rolling, heavier waste falling downward.

What role does the magnetic separator play in the process?

The magnetic separator extracts all iron-containing waste from the rest of the materials.

How are different types of plastics separated?

Several optical separators are used to classify different types of plastics by scanning the waste with light beams and using compressed air to remove the desired materials.

What is the purpose of compacting the selected materials into bales?

The compacted bales undergo strict quality control to ensure traceability and are then used as raw materials in the industry to produce new products.