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By: Teyuné Díaz Díaz
Havana, Jul 24 (RHC) The recycling industry in Cuba exports about $ 31 million of raw materials Every year the nation saves nearly $ 200 million.
One of the premise of the Union's recovery companies and raw materials is to replace imports and market the surpluses, says the deputy general manager. Quality of this entity, Dayamí Suárez
He specified that at present, in the country about 300 thousand tons of waste are recovered in the form of 16 products and all this, supported by the policy Recycling approved since 2012.
Suárez this meant that the strongest impact of the industry was in the scrap with 85% recovery, non-ferrous with 65 and non-metallic with 35. [19659004] These data do not include urban solid waste, an unresolved task for the Union which aims to collect some 500,000 tonnes of waste annually.
Destination of Recoveries
The Directive emphasized that recycling is tied to the priorities of the largest island in the West Indies in terms of housing programs, packaging and packaging, local production of building materials and, in a cross-cutting way, to the rest of the basic activities of
Recovered ferrous waste – consisting of steel and cast iron – is used as a raw material to prepare billets for export, and rebar bars related to construction and housing programs are 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 Inoxidab Les de Tunas, pointed.
Suárez pointed out that before the decline of the metal fund on the island, the entity focuses its efforts on finding new products to recover, continue with the contribution to the decontamination of the 39 environment, and strengthen programs One of the ways is the dismantling of disused facilities and the scrapping of ships, a modality that requires the purchase of boats to then turn them into scrap of very good quality .
In particular, he explained that all ship components, such as engines, water pumps, or radar systems of interest for fishing, are used.
He even said it was recently decided to get as many plates as possible. For making block molds, formwork and other uses, underlined.
As for recovered paper and paperboard, this one is used as a material in the production. However, he said that local development programs have paper stocks which these industries, because of their deteriorated technical situation, do not have. are not in a condition to recycle.
The same thing happens with glbad, he explains, and explains that the bottles of rum and beer have for main purpose the domestic industry, but the imported beer containers can not be recovered in because of the low consumption of factories. accumulations of the material
From these high concentrations of glbad, it was decided to use them in the production of blocks, because crushed glbad has the form of silica sand, better than common sand, he said. started 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 aspiration is to place the value of these units below those sold by the industry, the directive said.
Regarding the recovery of plastics, Suárez explained that the great variety of this material complicates its recovery. He illustrated that there are plastics of different densities, like soft drink bottles, computers, bags, tanks and even containers that do not contain the same type of plastic.
He adds that they have a factory in the province of Cienfuegos. plastic pipes, use them as pipes or electric pipes, because they can be made of wires, and also acquire them at a better price.
Because of the difficulties of recovery, currently the only plastic that is exported is the container of soft drinks, because the rest is used in the productions of local industries.
To reduce costs, they are pressed or crushed to reduce transportation costs and contribute to savings. To do this, mills and grinders have been 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, different packaging is identified and sold to certain industries to be reused.
For the Deputy Director of the Union, an outstanding task is the tires, because there is no certified application for this raw material, although it is known
Challenges and Projections
Among the challenges of the Union is the increase in sales and export values - about 34 million dollars in 2017 – and, in addition, to increase the effect of import substitution and recycle new products such as wood and tires.
But the greatest possible impact he pointed out was that the organization had to deal with solid urban waste in the capital.
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 [19659004] Therefore, it has a replacement program to replace all these equipment and achieve homogenization, which simplifies the amount and parts to use.
In summary, Suárez estimated that for the organization, the 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 to achieve progressive replacement of obsolete equipment.
In addition, it aims to bring more materials that it recycles and reach the final product, without being left alone as a supplier of raw materials; to improve dissemination, establish links or scientific and technical relations with international organizations in the field of recycling and the exchange of knowledge and experience. (Source: PL)
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