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A new line has been installed at the Cadrete plant (Zaragoza) which will also allow processing of material from the Sagunto plant (Valencia). In these facilities, domestic glass from selective collection is handled, sorted, cleaned and conditioned by various technological processes to produce a raw material called calci- ne that can be used to produce new glass containers. The project, which has involved an investment of 400,000 euros, will enable more glass to be recove- red by reprocessing the waste flow from the main treatment currently destined for landfill. This rejection flow, known as CSP (Ceramics, Stones and Porcelains), is mainly made up of pieces of glass with adhered labels, which is why du- ring the treatment process they are confused by the optical sen- sors with opaque bodies and di- verted to the rejection flow along with the rest of improper minerals. The different equipment that make up this new line, including a la- bel scraper, two optical separators and a resonance sieve, have been mounted on a tower, a configuration that allows the material to fall from one piece of equipment to another due to its own gravity, with the con- sequent energy saving, and whose design has taken into account FCC Ámbito’s own technical contribu- tions based on its extensive expe- rience in glass treatment. The new line also incorporates the most advanced automatic systems currently available, achieving grea- ter optimisation for controlling the treatment and for the overall effi- ciency of the process. FCC Ámbito launches a new line to increase the efficiency of its glass treatment plants Line installed at the Cadrete plant (Zaragoza) I N N O V A T I O N 42 I N N O V A T I O N