The plant engineering center of OrvietoAmbiente, a company of the Acea Spa Group, opened its doors to students from the Majorana-Maitani Higher Scientific and Technical Institute of the Umbrian town, on the occasion of the second stage of "Open Plants on the road", the campaign promoted by Assoambiente, the Association which represents companies operating in the urban hygiene, recycling, recovery, circular economy, waste disposal and reclamation sectors.
A guided tour inside the world of waste management which allowed the young people to delve deeper into the functioning of the non-hazardous waste treatment, recovery and disposal hub, thanks to the explanations of some technicians working in the plant every day, following the different processes step by step. to which the waste is subjected.
Thanks to this initiative, the students were able to visit the center and observe first-hand: the organic and green waste treatment plant from separate collection, which allows the production of quality electricity and compost; the municipal solid waste (MSW) selection plant and the organic fraction bio-stabilization plant with iron recovery; the placing in reserve of municipal and special waste from separate collection; the landfill, with the adjoining biogas recovery and electro-generation plant and the exhausted and re-environmentalized landfill of the Municipality of Orvieto.