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The agreement was signed between Syndial - Eni’s environmental company – and Veritas to create a industrial prototype that will transform up to 150 thousand tons of organic municipal waste, converting it into bio oil and bio methane.



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The Memorandum of Understanding between Syndial (Eni) and Veritas was signed in Venice to jointly study the construction methods, in an abandoned and reclaimed area of the petrochemical plant at Porto Marghera, of an industrial plant that will transform the organic fraction of solid municipal waste (OFSMW) into bio oil and bio methane.

The agreement, promoted by the mayor of Venice and the Metropolitan City, Luigi Brugnaro, was signed by Vincenzo Maria Larocca, CEO of Syndial, Eni’s environmental company, and by Andrea Razzini, General Manager of Veritas, a multi-utility that carries out the collection, value extraction and treatment of waste in the Venetian territory.

The agreement outlines that the parties share technical and governance assessments for the management and construction of the plant. Specifically, Veritas should provide at least 100 thousand tons of OFSMW and other humid waste fractions from the separate waste collection scheme of the Venice metropolitan area and the referral market. Syndial, Eni's center for the environment and waste management, in addition to providing a reclaimed area of property, will build and manage the industrial plant that will apply Eni’s proprietary "Waste to fuel" technology, the result of research carried out in the Eni Center for Renewable Energies and the Environment located in Novara.

Last December, Syndial launched the first “Waste to Fuel” pilot plant in Gela, Sicily, quickly replicating a process that nature performs in millions of years with a low environmental impact, that will transform prehistoric biomass into energy. Moreover, the water that is generated through its production will be used for industrial and irrigation uses. The wet waste is harnessed not only through the production of bio oil and bio methane but also through recovering and treating its water content, which makes up 70% of the total, and will be treated in the Veritas plants connected to the area where the new "Waste to fuel" plant is to be installed.

Bio oil can be used directly as a sulphur-free fuel for naval vessels or subjected to additional refining for the production of biofuels for transport.

For the project’s realization, subject to the obtainment of the necessary permits, Syndial and Veritas estimate an investment of around 60 million euros; the plant will be able to process up to 150 thousand tons of organic waste, and could employ at least 40 resources, between direct and indirect employees when fully running, without counting the companies involved in construction works.

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