The Rostec State Corporation's energy waste disposal plant has produced over 620 million kWh from 1 million tons of municipal solid waste unsuitable for recycling in a year and a half of operation. The project helps to reduce the volume of landfill and reduce environmental damage.
In addition, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere amounted to over 1 million tons. The calculation was carried out according to the formula proposed by the Institute of Global Climate and Ecology named after Academician Yu.A. Israel. According to it, replacing the landfill of 1 ton of waste for processing into energy can prevent 1,160 kg of CO2 emissions. This is equivalent to planting more than 7 million trees. At the same time, it will take about ten years for the young forest to fully absorb carbon, and the plant is already producing this result.
Since its opening, the plant has received more than 33,000 road trains with waste. In terms of volume, this is comparable to what could be transported by 100,000 standard garbage trucks or 50,000 trucks. We are talking about the so—called "tailings" - waste that can no longer be recycled. Previously, all this volume was sent to landfills.
"Due to the processing of 1 million tons of waste, Rostec has significantly reduced methane and CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. This amount of carbon dioxide is absorbed by a forest of about 42 thousand hectares per year. In addition, 620 million kWh of "green" energy was produced during the processing process. This is enough to provide electricity to a city with a population of about 300,000 people for a year. All production processes are based on advanced technologies, and flue gas purification systems comply with the most stringent global environmental standards. This project clearly shows how modern industrial solutions can simultaneously serve to protect the environment, as well as produce electricity sufficient to provide thousands of residents," Rostec State Corporation noted.
Russia's first modern Rostec State Corporation plant for energy waste disposal was built in the Voskresensk city district of the Moscow Region and began operation at the end of December 2024. The company reached full capacity in March 2025.
The plant uses grate combustion technology (waste-to-energy), one of the most common and environmentally friendly disposal methods. There are more than 2,500 such installations in the world. Modern gas purification systems can achieve emissions below international environmental standards. The system consists of several stages. At a temperature of 1260 ° C, chemical destruction of dioxins and aromatic hydrocarbons occurs. Then nitrogen oxides are neutralized, and then slaked lime and activated carbon neutralize acids and heavy metals. The final stage is a bag filter that captures the smallest particles of dust and fly ash. The waste enters the plant after mandatory industrial sorting, during which all useful secondary resources are extracted.
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