WASTE

IGUAÇU works with the 3Rs principle (Reduce/Reuse/Recycle) in addition to a program of selective collection, and all the collaborators are also continuously trained for the performance of collection activities, packaging, transport, storage, and final disposal.

Lime Mud

A byproduct, with high moisture content, rich in calcium carbonate and characterized as fast acting calcitic corrective for the soil. With the monitoring by part of an agronomist engineer, it can be used in lands rich in magnesium and in preparing the soil for fruit crops, planting soybeans, beans, forage, corn – crops from the region – and mainly eucalyptus. At the Ministry of Agriculture, it is found registered as “acidity corrective”. It is a limestone and it carries the power of neutralization, which can reach up to 97%.

Sludge from the Effluent Treatment Station

A byproduct, with high moisture content, rich in calcium carbonate and characterized as fast acting calcitic corrective for the soil. With the monitoring by part of an agronomist engineer, it can be used in lands rich in magnesium and in preparing the soil for fruit crops, planting soybeans, beans, forage, corn – crops from the region – and mainly eucalyptus. At the Ministry of Agriculture, it is found registered as “acidity corrective”. It is a limestone and it carries the power of neutralization, which can reach up to 97%.

Boiler Ash

This residue is formed by the burning of the steam-generating boilers. Used in composting as a component of the substrate in seedling nurseries, as a raw material for the manufacturing of activated carbon, as a pozzolanic agent in cement, in the pre-molded industries and in the recovery of degraded areas.

Pine Bark

Comprised of approximately 35% of organic matter, it contains macro and micronutrients. Used as biomass in steal generating boilers, in composting and as a substrate component in seedling nurseries.