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Warsaw turns waste into energy with ZUSOK expansion
Warsaw is expanding its waste-to-energy plant (ZUSOK) in Targówek district, noting that works are underway.
City authorities headed by Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski pointed out that work on access roads should be completed in the coming weeks.
New roads will help waste collection vehicles to move waste from households to the processing facility faster and more efficiently and are a necessary part of the expansion of the plant’s capacity.
City authorities noted that the plant will convert mixed waste to electricity and heat which will be distributed to households and businesses.
ZUSOK pointed out that waste collection vehicles will unload waste into the facility’s storage, from where it will be loaded into the furnace and thermally processed. According to ZUSOK, produced electricity and heat will meet the needs of several thousand households in Warsaw.
Warsaw stressed the importance of the ZUSOK expansion project for waste management in the city.
As part of the project, a modern automatic waste sorting plant will be built with annual capacity of approximately 30,000 tonnes, which will increase ZUSOK’s sorting capacity roughly sevenfold.
City authorities noted that any waste than can be recycled will be recycled and the remainder will be used to fuel the waste-to-energy plant.
Warsaw authorities concluded that the expansion project should be completed next year.
(Photo credit: Warszava.pl)
