A French company, Europlasma issued a press release on 14th February 2008, stating that the seventy joint owners of the Maine-Montparnasse Tower Complex (EITMM) have decided to systematically and permanently destroy asbestos-containing material from building work at the tower by means of vitrification.
The waste will be transported to the INERTAM site at Morcenx in the Landes region, where it will be treated at 1500°C by plasma fusion, turning it into entirely inert, reusable material. A total of 600 tons of this waste was produced in the second half of 2007 and more than 1000 tons are anticipated in 2008, for total expected turnover of €1.5 million.
In January 2008, the Paris hospitals administration (AP-HP) also signed a global three-year contract for the permanent destruction by vitrification of all of the waste generated by the asbestos removal work from its real-estate, estimated to cover 6 million m2. INERTAM expects the contract to generate turnover of €3 million over three years.The destruction of asbestos waste by vitrification, instead of land filling, is an increasingly popular option among public and private clients.
In 2007, INERTAM reported a 3% profit margin on a total turnover of €11 million (unaudited data). Current commercial success suggests that 2008 results will be even better. INERTAM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Europlasma specialising in the plasma vitrification treatment of asbestos waste.
About Europlasma ( www.europlasma.com )
Set up in 1992, Europlasma specialises in industrial processes using plasma-torch technology. The processes developed allow us to treat and reuse different types of waste (asbestos, toxic ash, etc.).The latest innovation is the reuse of waste using a gasification process with an additional plasma stage for electricity generation.
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