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He added that some of the recovered materials are steel, copper, aluminum, paper and cardboard.
Currently, about 300,000 tons of waste are recovered on the island in the form of 16 products, he added. All this, supported by the approved recycling policy since 2012.
Suárez has meant that the strongest impact of the industry is found in the scrap with the recovery of 85 percent, not scrap ferrous with 65, and the metal with the 35.
This data does not include urban solid waste, a pending task for the Union which aims the annual collection of some 500 000 tonnes of waste.
RECOVERY DESTINATION
Recycling it is directly related to the priorities of the island such as housing programs, packaging and packaging, local production of building materials and, in one way or another, transversally with the other core activities of the country, notes the directive. ] Recovered ferrous waste – consisting of steel and cast iron – are used as raw material for the manufacture of billet for export, and the corrugated bar directly related to the construction and housing programs he explained.
The main recipients of these components are the two steel mills of the country: Siderúrgica José Martí, known under the name of Antillana de Acero, and Acero Inoxidables de las Tunas, pointed out
Suarez adds that before the decline of the metal fund on the island, the entity focuses its efforts on the search for new products to recover, continues its contribution to the decontamination of the environment and promotes development programs in Cuba . 19659002] One of the ways is the dismantling of the decommissioned facilities and the dismantling of ships, a modality that requires the purchase of ships and then turn it into scrap of very good quality.
On this subject, Suarez explained that they take advantage of all the components of ships, such as engines, water pumps or radar systems of interest for fishing.
He even said: He recently decided to get as many plates as possible from containers to make molds, formwork and other uses, he said.
As for recovered paper and paperboard, it is used as a material for the production of trays. egg and toilet paper for the population. However, he said that local development programs have paper stocks that these industries, because of their deteriorated technical situation, are not able to recycle.
A similar situation occurs with glbad, he explains. the beers collected are mainly destined for the domestic industry, but imported beer containers can not be recovered due to the low consumption of the plants and, as a result, there are large accumulations of material.
decided to use them in the production of blocks. The proposal is that companies, with the right equipment, market frosted glbad with factories that produce building materials, because crushed takes the form of silica sand, better than common sand, he said.
which began this year, is in the testing phase; therefore, only blocks are produced in the factories in the provinces of Villa Clara and Pinar del Río, and work is under way to bring the price of the sale closer to the population. The goal is to find the value of these units below those sold by the industry, the directive said.
The Union aims to achieve a final product and not only to stay in the production of siliceous sand. Regarding the recovery of plastics, Suárez explained that the wide variety of this raw material complicates its recovery. He illustrated that there are plastics of different densities, such as soft drink bottles, computers, bags, tanks and even containers that do not contain the same type of plastic.
Depending on its characteristics, this will be the technology used for processing and clbadification. , a point. He added that they had a factory in Cienfuegos province under conditions to produce plastic pipes, to use them as pipes or electric pipes, because they can be turned into wires and to acquire at a better price.
Currently, the only plastic that is exported is the soft drink container, because the rest is used in the productions of local industries.
To reduce costs, they are pressed or crushed to reduce transportation costs and help save To do this, mills and grinders were installed in companies dedicated to this activity.
As a novelty, Suárez explained that formerly all the plastic was compressed and sold to local industries, but now, according to the packaging and packaging policy, the different packages are identified and sold to certain industries for to be reused.
For the Deputy Director of the Union, tires are an outstanding task because there is no certified application for this matter knows that it improves the quality of the asphalt.
CHALLENGES AND PROJECTIONS
Among the challenges of the Union, there is the increase in sales and export values - some $ 34 million in 2017 – and, in addition the effect of import substitution and recycling of new products that are not currently recovered, such as the aforementioned wood and tires.
But the biggest impact that the organization could have is dealing with solid urban waste in the capital, he said.
The need to make new investments is also in sight, since the equipment park that the Union has between 25 and 30 years of operation, with more than 25 models and 30 brands. Therefore, it has a replacement program to replace all this material and achieve homogenization, which simplifies the amount and parts to use.
All investments made in recyclable are economically feasible, he said.
In summary, Suarez estimated that for the organization, projections are to maintain and increase the recovery of some 300,000 tons of raw materials, to specify the problem of urban solid waste and replace gradually obsolete equipment.
aims to bring greater added value to the materials that it recycles and to reach the final product, without being left alone as a supplier of raw materials; better disseminate, establish links or scientific and technical relations with international organizations in the field of recycling and the exchange of knowledge and experience.
* Journalist of the economic writing of Prensa Latina
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