On the 4th of June 2008, in Carregueira, Chamusca, Quimitecnica Ambiente fulfilled a long lasting wish: a national solution to Portuguese industry’s problems in dealing with dangerous waste.

This event occurred with the opening, by the Minister for the Environment, of the integrated Centre for the recovery, valorisation and elimination of dangerous waste (CIRVER), which started operating immediately. CIRVER is owned by Ecodeal, of which Quimitecnica Ambiente is one of the shareholders.

 

The unit, now opened, occupies about 31.4 ha and has a capacity to treat in the region of 200,000 tonnes annually. It has different treatment processes to treat, recycle and dispose almost all types of industrial dangerous waste, using the most modern technology and the most efficient management techniques.

Some of the residues include, among others, oily waste, emulsions, muds, chemical industry waste, waste from thermal processes, paint waste, varnishes, surface treatment, solvent mixtures, contaminated soils, and packaging contaminated with industrial dangerous waste.

This new facility will be available to the whole country, managed on a commercial basis by Quimitecnica Ambiente, which has acquired considerable experience in the management of its treatment and storage facilities at Barreiro, and a modern water and hydrocarbon treatment plant at Mitrena – Setúbal, which belongs to its associate, Eco-Oil.
 

This opening represents, therefore, not only the fulfilment of a long-held aspiration of Quimitecnica Ambiente, but, most of all, a decisive step forward for, not only, both industry and Portugal in modernising the management of industrial dangerous waste, but also for sustainability and environmental responsibility.