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Logistics

One of the special features of the plant is its logistics concept which provides for 90% of the garbage deliveries to be made by rail. This goal was achieved already in the first year of operation. Only 10% of the volume processed at the plant arrives by road – which translates into savings of 42,000 truck runs per year, all of which gives a lift-up to the environment.

The EVN plant has a whole array of unloading systems which cover all commercial garbage discharge methods: from garbage trucks from the immediate surrounding discharging their load in a dedicated truck unloading shed to customised roll-on/roll-off ISO-edged containers, developed by EVN Abfallverwertung NÖ for unloading by an automated craneway, and the roll-on/roll-off containers provided by NÖ BAWU which are lifted off the rail by EVN Abfallverwertung NÖ special trucks. The logistic concept, developed specifically with NÖ BAWU for these containers and for delivering household and bulk waste from all parts of Lower Austria , was fluidly implemented during the plant's first year of operation.

The residuals from incineration are similarly removed almost entirely by rail. All of the slag and boiler ash (which makes up the largest part of the residuals) is transported off-site by rail, as is part of the filter ash from the flue gas cleaning plant. Only the filter cake and the gypsum (which is used by the building industry) are taken away by special trucks.