En Hidronor apostamos por la sustentabilidad del país, constituyéndonos como una empresa facilitadora en la cadena de valor de la circular economy acorde al marco legal actual donde se aplica la ley REP., la cual impone normativas para que las empresas se responsabilicen de los residuos industriales que producen a través de la prevención de generación, recuperación y reciclaje de los mismos.
Our projects point towards the recovery and reprocessing of waste such as scrap, electronic devices and batteries, in addition to the remediation of contaminated soils with the aim of giving them a second, either industrial or residential, use. In the same way, we are a Chilean company pioneer in the production of alternative fuel starting from liquid hazardous waste, such as contaminated oils, paints, solvents, among others, which we are mainly commercializing with cement companies, being a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels.
Sobre nuestro aporte al medio ambiente, nuestro gerente de Ventas y Marketing, Juan Andrés Salamanca, destaca que “constantemente trabajamos y exploramos distintas alternativas de servicios para la minería y las empresas industriales en base a los desafíos que van imponiendo las distintas normativas, como la ley REP., la nueva normativa ambiental, todo lo relacionado a la economía circular y la gestión de residuos peligrosos. Nuestros más de 25 años de servicio nos han permitido construir una empresa sólida y experta enfocada en la gestión, tratamiento y valorización de residuos con el fin de que estos puedan ser procesados por otras industrias, o dispuestos de forma segura”.
For his part, and in reference to mining, Pablo Seguel, Product Manager of the company, highlights that “our objective is to contribute to the environment by taking charge of the liabilities the companies are generating. In this sense, we manage, treat and value most of them in situ or in our facilities in Chile, while others will do it depending on their negative externality, we export them so that they can be treated abroad in accordance with the guidelines established by our country".
In summary, we can categorize the services that we offer the industry into three large groups, the first which includes treatments focused on the recovery of materials with a certain calorific value such as paints, oils, lubricants and greases; a second line made up of physical-chemical treatments (this is where corrosive waste is subjected to neutralization and phase separation processes), and in third place we situate the inertization line for solid wastes containing heavy metals, and depending on their characteristics are located in security deposits. Tailings and contaminated soils apply to this segment.
In addition, through our laboratory for waste characterization, first at a national level oriented to the analysis and design of treatments, we offer external services and monitoring of the waste that enters the facilities. Acute, chronic and intrinsic toxicity; flammability, reactivity and corrosivity are among the areas subject to investigation to determine their degree of hazardousness.
