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José Ignacio Asensio, Chairman of the Waste Treatment Consortium of Guipúzcoa (GHK) and Province Councillor delegate for Environmental Affairs, and Carmelo Aguas, Head of the North Region of FCC Medio Am- biente (the Spanish brand for FCC Environment), have signed the con- tract for the second phase of the En- vironmental Complex of Guipúzcoa (CMG-2), awarded to a temporary joint venture led by FCC Medio Am- biente. This contract is proof of FCC’s commitment to this region where it has operated over the last 48 years. This contract involves the construc- tion, commissioning and operation of the CMG-2 over a 20-year period, with a total investment of €32.2 million and a portfolio with a net worth of €92 million. The new facility will have two types of plants: a biomethanisation plant and a slag recycling plant for the Incine- ration Bottom Ashes (IBA) received from the recycling plant in phase 1 (CMG-1). The works are expected to start in October and the installation is expected to be commissioned by the summer of 2019. The biomethanisation plant will treat the bio-waste fraction collected from the Historical Region of Guipúzcoa, sorted at each home, , with a capacity for up to 50,000 t/year, and a possible expansion of an additional 20,000 t/ year. This plant performs a fully au- tomated mechanical pre-treatment, in which materials are recovered and waste is removed, with a dry anaero- bic digestion process that allows the full hygienisation of the bio-waste and the generation of biogas for the pro- duction of electricity. FCC Environment awarded the contract for the construction of the second phase of the Environmental Complex in Guipúzcoa With this treatment process, expected standard electricity generation will ex- ceed 15 million kWh/year, correspon- ding to the annual electricity required for more than 1,300 households. This energy will be used for self-consump- tion in the company’s facilities and surplus energy will be injected into the grid of the electric utility. The digested materials generated at the facility will be recycled at an ad- joining facility with vermi-composting procedures to manufacture compost. The IBA treatment and maturing plant will have a capacity for 52,000 t/year and will treat the wet bottom ashes received from CMG-1. The process will be based on a fully automated mechanical treatment, in which the materials are classified with sorting sieves and recycled, and later on is matured. Matured materials will meet the specifications set forth in the corresponding laws for their use as construction aggregates, to manu- facture concrete and raw materials in cement production plants. The commissioning of these facili- ties will also have a direct impact on the selective collection and recycling percentages, thanks to the recovery of materials at the mechanical-biolo- gical treatment plant and to the ma- nufacturing of recycled aggregates at the bottom ashes treatment plant described in the project. The new infrastructures will allow the Province to keep the same treatment fees, and improve the waste recycling and reusage indices by seven to eight points in Guipúzcoa, which will reach 60%, in line with the figures of the lea- ding countries in Europe and clearly exceeding the 50% objective set forth for Europe by 2020. The CMG-2 will be located in the Es- kuzaitzeta industrial estate, in the Zu- bieta area, on a 31,988m² plot. Its two plants (biomethanization and slag), together with the mechanical biologi- cal treatment (TMB) and energy reco- very (PVE) of the CMG-1, constitute the basic closure system for the treat- ment of Guipúzcoa waste. This contract confirms FCC’s commitment to Guipúzcoa after operating 48 years in this region. The new facility will have two types of plants: a biomethanisation plant and a slag recycling plant for the Incineration of Bottom Ashes (IBA) received from the recycling plant in phase 1 (CMG-1). C O M M U N I T I E S 47 C O M M U N I T I E S