SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

INTEGRAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

TRANSFER STATIONS

COMPACTING and LEGACY LAND FILLS

RECYCLING PLASTIC – CARDBOARD – GLASS – METAL – ORGANIC WASTE

ANAEROBIC BIO-DIGESTERS TO GENERATE ENERGY AND COMPOST

METHANE GAS CAPTURE TO GENERATE ENERGY AND GAS FOR COOKING

PLASTICS TO FUEL RECYCLE GLASS FOR NEW INSUSTRY

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW)

COMMOMNLY KNOW AS TRASH:Consist of things that one uses and consumes everyday, once discarded they are “thrown to the

trash”

Wrappers

Grass and yard trimmings

Furniture

Electronics

Old clothes and rags

Glass bottles

Food waste

Hair and other human waste

Plastic waste

Newspaopers

Paint

Chemicals

Batteries

Cardboard and plastic boxes

Nylon bags, plastic bags and paper bags

Lard, oil and many other things …

These come from residential, commercial areas, markets, stores, hospitals and public spaces

Some municipal landfills in El Salvador

Visit to Suchitoto landfill where trash arrives separated

Municipal landfill for La Libertad where trash arrives mixed then separated by hand

140 tons per day

Camones, Municipality of Santa Ana

200 tons per day

HOW IS SOLID WASTE MANAGED IN EL SALVADOR TODAY

3,400 daily tons of solid waste 10% waste diversion

CO2

CH4

OUR PROPOSAL FOR EL SALVADOR

LANDFILLS:All areas dedicated for the permanent disposal of solid waste, by law, have to have a

lining membrane to prevent contamination of the water bed.

TRANSFER STATIONS:A prior stop before waste gets to the LANDFILL, waste is unloaded from the collection

trucks to be consolidated in a larger amount for its final destination. These stations are

designed to facilitate separation and decontamination of the waste before permanent

disposal.

REDUCTION ANS SEPARATION:This is done at the TRANSFER STATION, toxic contaminants are removed or neutralized. It

also creates the perfect opportunity for separation of recycle materials in countries with

a limited infrastructure.

TRASH FOR CASH

Paper

Carboard

Glass

Plastic

Metal

Organics

SWIFT WORKGROUP INTERNATIONAL VISION

FOR EL SALVADOR

3,400 daily tons of solid waste50% diversion

Landfills that

process methane

gas for energy

generation

CO2

CH4

OREGON: METHANE CAPTURE TO GENERATE ENERGY

AUTOMATED AND SEMI-AUTOMATED WASTE STEAM SEPARATION

Caterpillar Turbine

PLASTICS TO FUEL

Waste Plastics AGILYX Technology Sweet Crude Oil

AGILYX TECHNOLOGY

Recycled plastics

Mayor of Olopa, Guatemala with Mario

Velasquez, President of SWGI

Demostrating synthetic crude oil from plastic waste

SWIFT Workgroup International proposesProduce methane gas to generate energy, Gas and nutrient compost

Dry Anaerobic Digester

• Produces methane gas to

generate energy

• Energy self-sufficient

• Organic waste to compost

• Possibility to sell compost

• New jobs

• Opportunity to sell energy

• Generates carbon credits

• Compost is nutrient

NO ONE WANT TO BUY RECYCLED GLASS …

El Salvador urgently needs new industries, new jobs and economic opportunities. We

propose investing in the reclaimed and recycled glass industry to manufacture

products for domestic and international commerce.

We have enough recycled glass to beautify all of EL SALVADOR

54%CO2

19%N2O

27%

CH4

Nitrous Oxide

Emissions

Carbon Dioxide

Emissions Methane Gas

Emissions

AGRICULTUREThe results of using fossil

based fertilizers and other

agricultural activity.

SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT The release of Methane gas

to the atmosphere from

landfills open air trash piles,

etc.

FOSSIL FUELSThey are produced by the

consumption of solid, liquid

or gasified fossil fuels. 46%

of the country’s energy is

produced in thermic plants

firing fossil fuels.

Every year El Salvador releases to the atmosphere an equivalent of

12 million metric tons of Carbon Dioxide CO2

What El Salvador releases to the atmosphere every year is an

estimated equivalent of $2.4 billion USD in potential carbon credits to

be sold in the international market. *

* The $2.4 billion USD amount is for comparative and demostrative purposes only