Waste Treatment

Our Municipal Treatment activities mainly involve classifying, separating, and treating waste, including recovering and recycling materials (by-products), converting waste into energy, and disposing of non-recovered materials. Municipal Treatment is primarily conducted in Spain, France, and Chile, with additional operations in other Latin American, Middle Eastern, and European countries.

Lines of activity

Mechanical treatment

Biological treatment

Energy recovery

Disposal in controlled final repository

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MILESTONE 2025

SPAIN

  • Investment has begun at the Alfaro plant (La Rioja, Spain), which will hydrogenate lubricant base oils and produce
    Group Il base oils. The project also incorporates a pyrolysis process for the recovery of residual asphalt.
  • Start of investment in Novolitio (León, Spain), the first facility in the Iberian Peninsula dedicated to the recycling of lithium batteries from electric vehicles.
  • Capacity expansion is underway at the Peinaje industrial water plant (Barcelona, Spain).
  • Installation of an industrial water treatment plant in the Port of Valencia (Spain), with investment already approved.
  • The expansions of the controlled reservoirs at San Fernando de Henares (Madrid, Spain) and Rinza (Zaragoza, Spain)
    have been completed.

PORTUGAL

  • The investment plan for the healthcare waste business has begun in Spain and Portugal following the acquisition of Stericycle’s biohazardous waste management business, which includes fleet renewal and modernisation of treatment plants using autoclave technology.