With extensive coverage throughout Chile, at Hidronor we serve more than 85% of the mining companies that operate in the country, accompanying them step by step in the management of all their waste and providing them with comprehensive solutions that support their sustainable management.

Nuestras soluciones apuntan a la valorización, recuperación, reciclaje, tratamiento y la final waste disposal peligrosos y no peligrosos. “Sin embargo, cuando no existen alternativas de reciclaje o revalorización procedemos a implementar la disposición final. Para los otros, hay recuperación de residuos. Todo esto va de la mano con la REP Law and the circular economy”, señala Carolina Escandón, asesora de Residuos Industriales y Peligrosos de Hidronor.

In this way, we have become a facilitator in the value chain that seeks to convert waste into a resource to generate new valuable products. In fact, for more than 15 years we have been producing alternative liquid fuels from waste with calorific value.

“We work from organic waste such as oils, solvents and paints; then, we make a mixture complying with the chemical conditions required by cement kilns. Thus, we reduce the use of fossil fuels and ensure traceability for customers”, adds our executive.

In addition, as a company we generate clean energy that we inject into the national electricity grid from the biogas that we generate in our sanitary landfill located in Copiulemu (Biobío region). Along with this, we contribute to sustainable environmental management through the recovery of batteries, electronic devices, scrap metal, plastics, among other products that were previously considered waste.

We invite you to learn more about our services for mining and the industry in general in the most recent report published by Nueva Minería y Energía magazine on industrial and hazardous waste management.