A plant processing household waste into heat energy and electricity will be built on the premises of the Polimeri chemical plant in Devnya, near Varna. The initial investment in the project will be some 100 million euro. The unique technology is applied mostly in the Scandinavian countries, Nikolai Banev, Chairman of the Bulgarian Industrial Group said.

The installation which makes it possible to utilize household waste will be built together with the Swedish company Usitall, Banev said. The plant will process 400,000 tonnes of waste annually, and the electricity which will be generated will be used for the purposes of Polimeri, which is the third largest consumer of electricity in Bulgaria.

The energy of four tonnes of household waste is equal to one tonne of oil, said Usitall CEO Stellan Jacobsson. The technology which will be used meets fully the environmental requirements of European legislation, he said. The Swedish company has engaged in waste processing since 1956 and has implemented projects across the world. Jacobsson explained that at the basis of the modern technology is the processing of that part of household waste which has an organic origin. This part of the whole is a renewable energy source, which can be used for the development of local industry. In Sweden, 85 per cent of waste is organic waste, he said.

Source: BTA