HyValue-Gasteiz

Project description

Urban waste in Alava is collected and managed at the Mechanical-Biological Treatment Plant in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Júndiz), where different recycle fractions (paper, plastics, metals, cartons, etc.) are separated and a reject fraction is generated, which is currently dumped in landfill. The objective of the HyValue-Gasteiz project is the material recovery of the non-recyclable fraction of urban waste through the production of renewable hydrogen for use in the industrial, domestic, logistics and mobility sectors. With this circular economy approach:

• a joint and sustainable solution is provided for the environmental and social problems of waste management, reducing the volumes destined for landfill;
• the transition to the hydrogen economy is promoted, with its implications for decarbonisation and its impact as an economic and industrial driver;
• material and energy dependence on external producers is reduced through local hydrogen production using resources (waste) available in the region itself; and
• specialist, stable and sustainable jobs are created in a sector with significant growth prospects.