Candidatura Reserva da Biosfera - Santana Madeira Biosfera

ETRs Meia Serra (2nd Phase B), consists of a cell of MSW and slag, where produced
incineration slag is deposited slag and, eventually, urban waste and similar, and an ash
cell to flushing incineration ashes deposition. Three landfills are closed and sealed at
ETRs.
The wastewater and leaching treatment produced in ETRs is provided by Wastewater
Treatment Station (WWTP). This installation consists of three independent treatment
systems: primary or biological conducted in an aeration pond; physical-chemical
treatment with addition of chemical reagents and dehydration of sludge formed and
tertiary process of reverse osmosis (HI). The by-products produced by the WWTP
including sludge, which are dried and deposited at AS, and HI concentrated, can have
four different final destinations: the IIRSU incineration, incineration in IIRHM, reuse in
the process of blanketing the ashes and incineration facilities, and/or injection into the
AS. The effluent from the WWTP corresponds to the HI permeate, which enables total
high-quality internal reuse, including IIRSU process water, irrigation, washing, among
the main uses.
Used tires generated in the region are forwarded to the Park Storage, Crushing and
Packaging of Used Tyre, which is equipped with special equipment for grinding these
materials, which, after preparation, are transported by land and sea for recovery in
mainland Portugal.
The Platform for Storage, Milling and Timber Packaging is intended for the
processing of wood packaging with a view to their dispatch for recycling. The station also
has a building for Compression of Ferrous Metals, which aims the compaction of various
ferrous materials with low volume, resulting from the separation performed in facilities
aiming the subsequent packing and shipping for recycling or recovery in mainland
Portugal.
The ETRs in Meia Serra has an environmental education centre integrated, placed in a
former Rangers home that was retrieved in 2006 under the first phase of recovery of the
area surrounding the ETRs. The Centre is intended to increase public awareness and
environmental education, exhibitions and other activities, with main focus on Preschool
Education and the 1st cycle of basic education. Among the activities regularly undertaken
at the Centre, there are the workshops for the reuse of materials and games on the
theme of waste, in addition to the study visits undertaken to ETRs. In the surrounding
Application of Santana, Madeira to Biosphere Reserve – UNESCO - MAB 123