Potential of recovery of glass contained in the heavy residual fraction refused by Portuguese MBT plants
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Portugal, with 210,422 tonnes of glass recycled in 2011, did not attain the target for glass (227,060 tonnes), and this happened probably due to three factors: the reuse of this material since glass is a durable material, non-declaration of glass received by MRF (Material Recovery Facilities) and nondeposition in the specific stream. In 2011 were produced in Portugal, 5.159 million tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), being glass 5.8% of it (APA, 2013), which totals 300,000 tonnes of glass present in MSW. It is estimated that 90,792 tonnes of these 300,000 tonnes are directly sent to landfill (APA, 2013). Many municipal systems have facilities for organic waste recovery for MSW, therefore the glass is sent within MSW to MBT (Mechanical and Biological Treatment).
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