Activity

 

Waste Management at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport

W.A.T.T. provides comprehensive waste management services, collecting waste from a total of 12 categories.

  • Each year, it collects more than 10,000 tons of waste.
  • It implements state-of-the-art fleet management technologies to optimize waste collection.
  • It utilizes innovative bin weighing systems, collecting useful data for optimal waste management.
  • The waste constitutes only 30% of the total amount of waste that ends up in the Landfill of Fylis.

Contract with “HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A.”

W.A.T.T. S.A. provides waste management services at the two Hellenic Petroleum refineries in Aspropirgos and Elefsis (both approx. 20km from Athens). The total annual waste production is approximately 6.000 tons.

The services cover the collection of non-hazardous industrial waste and their disposal to a nearby sanitary landfill. Modern fleet management technologies (operating by real time fleet visualization based on GPS) are used for providing the transportation services.

Power Generation Plant in Chalkis Landfill

W.A.T.T. S.A. through its subsidiary Biogas development Investments (BDI) is developing a 100% owned Landfill Gas Power Plant. The capacity of the power plant is 2 MW and is planned to be in operation in 2014/2015 in two phases. The expected total investment amounts to 3.737.000 €. Grant equal to 650.238 € subsidies the investment.

The development – planning, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning – and operation is being undertaken by companies of W.A.T.T. group.

Sewage Sludge Plant in Ioannina

An open composting facility has been established to treat sewage sludge, produced by the municipal wastewater treatment plant. The daily capacity of the plant is 100 tons. W.A.T.T. S.A. participates through its German subsidiary H-U-T GmbH in cooperation with the local company K. N. Stavrou.

The JV operates the facility under a fixed three years contract with the Ioannina municipal water company. The process has demonstrated excellent results due to the contribution of know–how, equipment, scientific and technical personnel provided by the W.A.T.T. S.A.’s group of companies. The final product is a soil fertilizer which complies with the European regulation for use in agricultural applications.

Waste management PPPs in the West Coast of Palestine

Through participation in an international tender, the W.A.T.T. Group has contracted for the management and operation of a landfill in the Al Minya area, as well as two transhipment stations in Hebron and Bethlehem. At the same time W.A.T.T. undertook the construction of a unit for recovery of biogas from waste.

  • The project takes place at the only landfill operating in the West Coast.
  • W.A.T.T.’s high-quality services won the award for “best project financed by the World Bank”.

Power Generation Plant in Tebloni Landfill, Corfu

W.A.T.T. S.A. through its subsidiary Biogas Development Investments (BDI) is developing a 100% owned Landfill Gas Power Plant. The project concerns the collection and use of landfill gas in Corfu as a fuel in order to produce electricity. The project will be built in the location “Akrokefalos” in Temploni, within the Municipality of Corfu. The land has been loaned to the project owner and is far away from any inhabited areas. The capacity of the power plant is 1 MW and is planned to be in operation in 2014. The expected total investment amounts to 1.550.000 €.

The development – planning, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning – and operation is being undertaken by companies of Watt group.

Funded Projects

“Funded Project: Modernization of Fyli Material Recovery Fund”.