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Limburg Optimo Sorting
About Limburg Optimo Sorting
The Limburg Optimo Sorting Facility, by Bionerga and Limburg.net, in Belgium, was launched in 2022 and services 32 municipalities, enabling smarter sorting for more than 309 000 households. The facility sorts 5 different fractions: food waste, garden waste, textile waste, residual waste and plastic/metal packaging. The facility is built to be flexible and has the option to add 2 more fractions in the future.
The bags are manufactured using recycled materials. Residents are allocated a quota of pre-paid residual waste bags, with an additional charge for any extra bags required if their waste exceeds the average amount. Recyclable waste is subject to a lower cost but is charged from the first bag. This approach appears to be the most effective means of encouraging residents to minimise residual waste and improve waste sorting practices.
The sorting plant uses 45 conveyor belts with a total length of more than 650 meters. It also consists of 5 lane waste buffers (1.800 m³) and 12 double pusher units.
Every fraction line in the facility can handle up to 7000 bags per hour, totaling a capacity of 800 tonnes of waste per day. Explore Envacs sorting solutions.
The municipalities collect the waste using 100% HVO as fuel for the collection trucks, made affordable by the logistical effiency of the sorting facility. Savings in fuel has been calculated between 17-30%, depending on number of fractions being collected for certain areas.
This installation puts us at the forefront of
collecting and sorting household waste.
800 tonnes/day
Designed collection capacity.
5 fractions
Food waste, garden waste, textile waste, residual waste, plastic/metal packaging.
+2 fractions
Easy option to expand with 2 more fractions.
309000 households
More than 300 000 households in 32 municipalities serviced.
14 000 bags/hour
Each of the 2 lines can handle up to 7000 bags per hour.
650 meters
45 conveyor belts, totaling over 650 meters.
Whenever we have a new recycling technology for a material
that our citizens want to sort, we are already prepared to
implement that new fraction. The cost of logistics, often
dictating the cost analysis, has become almost irrelevant in
this new business case, and certainly unrelated to collected
volume or participation of households.
Sorting your way to smarter waste management
A Sorting Facility enables municipalities to optimise its collection of household waste in to a cost-efficient system without changing the existing collection infrastructure.
Envac’s optical sorting solutions can be used by cities and regions of all sizes and can reduce transport and collection costs by over 50% compared to competing systems.
Our optical sorting can be combined with our smart garbage collection system or with the municipality’s existing collection method for cost-effective handling that also increases the recycling rate.
With our technology, it is easy to meet all the requirements of the new packaging regulations (FNI):
- Compatible with existing collection method and equipment.
- Happier end-users, increased recycling rates and spacesavings
are some of the benefits. - Helps you reach your environmental
Eskilstuna leading the way
The municipality of Eskilstuna was among the first in Sweden to offer its residents property-based collection, and when the demands of the national goals increased, the municipality transitioned to an optical sorting solution from Envac as early as 2010. Environmental goals of 50% waste sorting were achieved within just a few months.
The facility, which sorts out six fractions, is owned and operated by ESEM (Eskilstuna Strängnäs Energy and Environment Ltd). Eskilstuna today has several municipalities connected to the system, and they are among the leading municipalities in Sweden in recycling.
In 2023, Eskilstuna municipality, as one of the few municipalities, was able to lower its waste collection and disposal fees for residents with maintained low fees throughout 2024. The optical sorting facility contributes to this by being a flexible system where it is easy to expand the number of fractions.
Learn more about Eskilstuna SortingProjects
Our innovative waste collection system helps shape smart and sustainable cities. By reducing emissions and providing clean, green and hygienic waste collection for both residents and commercial operators, we want to improve the quality of life in the city.
