Materials Recovery Facility

As of July 2020, WasteServ was proud to inaugurate a new rudimentary sorting line within the Sant’ Antnin complex, which will be instrumental in creating a more streamlined and efficient mechanism for the sorting of dry recyclables disposed of in the grey and green bags.

During the process enabled by the new sorting line, the grey and green bags are loaded on the bag opener. After they are opened, the recyclables are transported to the sorting conveyor, which is manned by operatives. Here, the recyclables, which mainly consist of cardboard, paper, plastic and metals, are manually sorted and separated.

Following this stage, the recovered recyclables are then baled, stored and finally placed on the market for sale. The newly implemented sorting line will reduce the amount of material that ends up being land-filled, or exported as low quality material.

Quality and Environmental Policy

In line with Malta’s sustainable environmental and waste management strategy, WasteServ seeks to provide a national service through its waste recovery and treatment processes employed at the Sant’ Antnin Waste Treatment Plant. The facility operates to: (i) manually sort dry recyclables in the material recovery line, (ii) process organic waste. The resulting outputs are used to generate renewable energy from the latter whilst other fractions are recovered for recycling or landfilling.

WasteServ’s critical objectives are to achieve and enhance customer satisfaction, protect the environment, and provide a reliable yet environmentally aligned waste management services to waste carriers, producers and brokers.

Through its operations at Sant’ Antnin Waste Treatment Plant and the various supporting branches, WasteServ will strive to:

Comply with IPPC Permit IP 0005/13
Use the facility efficiently and effectively;
Reduce organic fractions being landfilled;
Maintain emergency preparedness measures to minimise and control the risk of fire and spills;
Attain positive feedback from waste carriers, producers and brokers
Minimise complaints from interested parties.

We are committed to continually improve our management system and its effectiveness constantly and repeatedly through established mechanisms. This policy shall be communicated to, and understood by, all personnel within the organisation. We will also communicate this policy to the public, and all visitors and contractors at the facility.

This Policy is reviewed periodically to ensure that our focus on customer requirements and environmental preservation is maintained, and that the measures of our promise to our customers are achieved.

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