TRANSFORMING WASTE INTO NEW RESOURCES

SLECO

Overview

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SLECO SLECO's mission is to favor the

sustainable, safe processing of non-
Date of industrial commissioning : 2006
recoverable waste and sludge.
Contractual model: 30 years
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WASTE CAPACITY HIGH TECHNOLOGY

Overview 466 000

Tons of waste annually Fluidised bed technology is
the best available technology

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Local context

• SLECO N.V. is a 50-50 JV between SUEZ and INDAVER, a waste

treatment company based in Flanders.

• It is located in Beveren, in the industrial zone of the Port of Antwerp, on a

site that also hosts other waste treatment facilities.

• An EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract for the plant

was signed with LURGI LENTJES A.G in 2002
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• The technology used, fluidised bed co-incineration, allows waste with a
low calorific value (sludge) and waste with a high calorific value (non-
hazardous industrial waste) to be recovered efficiently in equal
proportions.

• The solid waste arrives in a large bunker through different unloading bays:
• The waste is first pretreated with a view to ensuring optimum
Overview incineration,
• A shredder reduces the waste while an overhead magnet removes
the ferrous elements.

• Conveyor belts carry the pretreated waste to an intermediate bunker. Using

a grab crane, the operator brings the waste to one of the 3 feed chutes.
Client reference Large double screws push the waste into the furnace. The sludge is dumped
into one of the three sludge bunkers.
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• After sieving out any possible coarse components, the sludge is pumped
directly into the incinerator in a controlled way.
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Illustration of the process
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES POPULATION

104 508 700

Needs addressed

• Deliver a technology able to treat a sizeable quantity of waste and sludge

with a low calorific value

• Develop a flue gas treatment which complies with measures imposed by the
EU in its Waste Incineration Directive

• Flemish policy: mandatory introduction of selective collection of household

and industrial waste
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Which factors contribute to the success of the project ?

• The Beveren site is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified: guaranty that
operating conditions comply with the requirements

Overview • Joint venture with INDAVER, European leader in the household and
industrial waste management

• Fluidised bed technology is the best available technology for combined

treatment of non-recoverable waste and sludge

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Client benefits • Autonomy: the produced energy is partly used in the installations on site and
partly supplied to the grid

• Minimum impact on the environment: the combustion gases are intensively

cleaned in successive installations in order to meet the stringent requirements
for atmospheric emissions

SLECO in numbers (2011)

SLUDGE CAPACITY ELECTRICITY INVESTMENT

150 000 41 MWh 190M€

Tons of sludge annually Produced per year