Depending on the evolution of the pandemic and lockdown, the authorities are not ruling out the possibility that more hospitals will have to divert their waste to the Mataró plant
The Maresme Consortium for Municipal Solid Waste Treatment has taken on the management of waste from hospitals in the Maresme, Barcelonès (incorporating a large part of the population served by the hospitals in the metropolitan area), Barcelona, Vallès Oriental, Vallès Occidental, Gironès, Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Bages, Garrotxa, Ripollès and Anoia. This is in accordance with the order which recommends that waste contaminated or supposedly contaminated by COVID19 is preferably incinerated, and that infectious sanitary waste which cannot be treated in the usual installations must be incinerated if required by the relevant authority, in this case the Catalan Government. Depending on the evolution of the pandemic and lockdown, the authorities are not ruling out the possibility that more hospitals will have to divert their waste to the Mataró plant.
Aside from these special services, the plant is working at full capacity to guarantee the correct management of municipal waste from the Maresme and Vallès Oriental, the areas it usually serves, both with the pre-treatment and waste-to-energy plants. A few days ago, the President of the Consortium, David Bote, sent a message to the staff at the plant, thanking them for their dedication and extra effort, given the exceptional circumstances. The manager of the Consortium, Carles Salesa, has also explained on Mataró Audiovisual the management of waste at this unusual time.
The exceptional situation with regards to the management of sanitary waste underlines the real necessity for a secure waste treatment system such as the one offered by the waste-to-energy plants in the region, including the Mataró plant, in a moment when there is an open political debate about the continuity of this type of installation in Catalonia.
The list of hospitals which is currently sending its waste to the Mataró plant is the following:
HOSPITAL CLÍNIC (BARCELONA)
HOSPITAL VALL D’HEBRON (BARCELONA)
HOSPITAL DEL MAR (BARCELONA)
HOSPITAL BELLVITGE (HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT)
HOSPITAL PARC TAULÍ (SABADELL)
HOSPITAL MOISÈS BROGGI (SANT JOAN DESPÍ)
HOSPITAL DE GRANOLLERS
HOSPITAL DE VILADECANS
HOSPITAL D’IGUALADA
HOSPITAL DE TERRASSA
HOSPITAL ESPERIT SANT (SANTA COLOMA DE GRAMENET)
HOSPITAL DE MANRESA
HOSPITAL DE FIGUERES
HOSPITAL DE BADALONA
HOSPITAL DE CALELLA
HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ
HOSPITAL DE PALAMÓS
SOCIOSANITARI EL CARME (BADALONA)
HOSPITAL D’OLOT
HOSPITAL DE CAMPDEVÀNOL
HOSPITAL DE SANT CELONI
HOSPITAL DE SALT
HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU (BARCELONA)
CLÍNICA TEKNON (BARCELONA)
HOSPITAL QUIRÓN (BARCELONA)
HOSPITAL SANT RAFAEL (BARCELONA)
HOSPITAL EL PILAR (BARCELONA)
HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA (SANT CUGAT DEL VALLÈS)
HOSPITAL MÚTUA TERRASSA (TERRASSA)
PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU (SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT)
