Malta North

Mechanical and Biological Treatment Plant

Situated within the ECOHIVE Complex, there is also the Mechanical and Biological Treatment Plant. With an investment of €50 million, part financed by the European Union under the Cohesion Fund, the Malta North Mechanical and Biological Treatment Plant was set up in February 2016.

The Mechanical Treatment Plant (MTP) is used to segregate Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and has the capacity to receive and treat 66,000 tonnes per annum of residual household waste. This facility separates out ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals, isolates high-calorific fractions for refuse derived fuel (RDF), and screens out organic factions and rejects. The metals and the high-calorific fractions for refuse derived fuel (RDF) are prepared for export while the organic faction undergoes further treatment in the Anaerobic Digestion Plant (AD Plant) which has the capacity to process 39,000 tonnes per annum of the organic fraction. Through this waste treatment process, biogas is naturally produced. This is recovered and used to generate electricity.

Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety Policy

In line with Malta’s sustainable environmental and waste management strategy, WasteServ seeks to provide a national service through its waste recovery and treatment processes employed at the Malta North Waste Treatment Plant located at the ECOHIVE Complex. The facility processes and treats municipal solid waste, mixed wood, source segregated organic waste and recyclables. The resulting output fractions are directed for recycling or disposal at authorised facilities, while the biogas is used to generate renewable energy.

WasteServ’s critical objectives are to achieve and enhance customer satisfaction, protect the environment, prevent work-related injury and ill-health whilst providing a reliable yet environmentally aligned waste management services to waste carriers, producers and brokers.

Through its operations at Malta North and the various supporting branches, WasteServ will strive to:

Comply with IPPC Permit IP 0003/19 as well as all applicable EHS legal and other requirements;
Use the facility efficiently and effectively;
Monitor energy consumption with the aim of reducing energy usage;
Reduce organic fractions being landfilled;
Maintain emergency preparedness measures to minimise and control the risk of fire and spills;
Attain positive feedback from waste carriers, producers and brokers;
Minimise complaints from interested parties;
Develop workforce skills;
Implement the principles of the hierarchy of control in order to eliminate hazards and reduce health and safety risks;
Promote best working practices at all levels, including visitors and contractors;
Ensure that employees and/or workers’ representatives participate and are consulted on health and safety matters.

The status of the objectives is reviewed every four months and discussed in Management Review Meetings when applicable.

To implement this policy we have adopted an integrated management system based on the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.

We are committed to continually improve our management system and its effectiveness constantly and repeatedly through established mechanisms. This policy shall be communicated to, and understood by, all personnel within the organisation. We will also communicate this policy to the public, and all visitors and contractors at the facility.

This Policy is reviewed on a yearly basis to ensure that our focus on customer requirements and environmental preservation and health & safety standards are maintained, and that the measures of our promise to our customers are achieved.

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Last updated on 16/09/2020