Recycling types

Waste treatment is divided into material, energy and thermal recovery.

Recycling
In material recycling, the waste is broken down into its material components and re-used.

Thermal treatment
Energy recovery involves using waste with high energy values as a replacement for standard fuels to generate electricity and heat. Thermal treatment is a form of energy recovery. Waste incineration plants are a classic example of this. Waste, for which no other treatment is worthwhile from an economic and ecological perspective, is incinerated and at least the process heat is used.

Fermentation
In fermentation, the organic material is used for both material and energy recovery. The digestate is returned to the cycle as a natural fertiliser, and the biogas can be used as a renewable energy source. As a result, fermentation of organic waste is the most valuable and sustainable form of recovery.

Currrent news

New Kompogas Film
01.11.2012

Take a look at the new film and see how Axpo Kompogas takes out energy out of organic waste. More

Construction of the new plant in Zurich has begun
09.08.2012

From 2013 onwards, the City of Zurich will collect and ferment organic waste before using the generated biogas as an environmentally friendly, renewable energy source. The plant will be built by Axpo Kompogas AG as general constructor. Monitor the progress over the Internet through our live webcam.

Axpo Kompogas increases agitator technology

Axpo Kompogas continues to increase its agitator technology and has therefore installed a complete measurement technology to its latest digester in Switzerland. The results will be used to develop the agitator technology for the new generation of digesters. More

Announcements

The Kompogas plant in Chavornay uses organic waste and saves CO2

The new Kompogas plant in Chavornay (VD) begins operation on 20 June 2011 and will immediately start to feed power from biomass, the new renewable energy source, into the public grid. The system uses around 20,000 tonnes of organic waste annually, and from it produces heat and organic fertilisers as well as green electricity. On Saturday, 25 June 2011 it is officially opened together with the local population.