FAQ
What does UGM mean?
Modular Gasification Plant - Produces fuel gas from waste treatment (solid urban waste).
How is the collection of material to be treated by the UGM?
In the same way that household waste is collected in your home. The collector collects the plastic bags placed on the street by the residents.
What kind of garbage can UGM collect and treat?
Household waste (solid waste), tree pruning, garden pruning, some types of hospital waste.
Is all gas produced used as fuel in the UGM?
After the production of the gas, it is sent to a filter, so that a small part is absorbed by the components of this filter in order to remove some impurities that would hinder its use as fuel gas. Of the total produced, only a part is used in the oven of the UGM, as its production is very large and what is not used in this oven, can be used as fuel for the truck's engine.
Can garbage already placed in landfills or dumps be treated by UGM?
Yes, but a sieve system is required to remove or separate other materials that have been added to the waste, such as sand and earth.
What's left after treatment?
After the treatment done by the UGM, at the end of the day, when you return to your starting point, there will be 3 to 5% of ash, metals and glass.
What's left goes to landfill?
All phases being completed, there will be no need for a landfill.
Is the cost of waste treated by UGM much more expensive than that normally treated?
No, because in the system currently used to treat the garbage, there are costs for garbage collection, transportation and administration of a sanitary landfill, in addition to the costs for construction and maintenance of this landfill for the period in which the garbage is degrading and consequently polluting the landfill. soil, water and air in the vicinity of this landfill, while with the UGM collection takes place, but the treatment is done during the truck's journey and what is left, ashes, metals and glass can be sold, even by cooperatives of waste pickers. recyclable materials and consequently dispensing with the use of a landfill.
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