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ENVIRONMENT
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An in-depth study
and control of the production process has
enabled the VITALI group to consolidate its
competitive position in a market where the
final consumer is sensitive to aspects concerning
the environment. The environmental management
system adopted complies with UNI EN ISO 14001
standards, thus guaranteeing immediate and
precise compliance with current legislation
and enabling the best possible rapport with
those concerned (clients, employees, insurers,
banks and local communities). The application
of the environmental management system leads
to a number of advantages, in terms of:
• effiefficient use of resources
• savings in raw materials and
energy
• a reduction in the amount
of waste materials
• safeguarding the working environment |
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Respect
for the environment
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| In order to help
protect the environment, ecological
policies aimed at safeguarding the
territory have been adopted. The environmental
management system employed allows
non-conformity situations to be reduced to
a minimum and improves the rapport with authorities
responsible for implementing and monitoring
environmental legislation. The new
technologies adopted and the equipment
used are capable of creating the least
possible environmental impact. |
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| Recycling
materials to create alternative sources
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In its integration of the various
operational divisions within the demolition sector,
the company has created a recycling and aggregate
production activity as a spin-off of the sector
itself. This new venture into the raw materials
sector by Vitali S.p.A. is taking on an increasingly
important role. Over recent years, more and more
attention has been paid to the re-use of the enormous
amount of material recovered from demolition sites,
re-used above all as fill and sub-base material.
Prior to their re-use, however, these materials
must undergo a series of treatment processes, which
Vitali S.p.A. has paid particular attention to through
the use of innovative plant and certifications.
After the on-site separation of the rubble and the
elimination of non-recyclable materials using modern
and efficient grading systems, the waste material
can be sent to a recycling plant. In the subsequent
process stages, the material is combined in assorted
mixes. This is done in a manner that gives the material
acceptable size and strength characteristics for
a specific granulometric mix. As a result of these
efforts, directed towards safeguarding the environment,
the use of recycled materials now offers particular
advantages in terms of economy and, above all, for
the environment.
In particular, recycling signifies:
• Reducing the excavation of natural materials
for embankments, road bases and production plants.
• Reducing the need for dumps, thanks to the
re-use of secondary materials.
• Reducing the practice of uncontrolled dumping
of rubble and demolition materials by making them
available to the recycling centres of secondary
aggregates.
• Recovering other materials such as the steel
in reinforced concrete and prefabricated elements. |
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| The Vitali
Group adopts a policy of demolition material
recovery and re-use in order to help safeguard
the environment. Demolition waste consists mainly
of mixtures of various inert materials (such as
concrete, bricks, ceramics) that in themselves
have a good recycling potential.
Vitali
S.p.A. possesses its own fixed and mobile
processing plants. This means that the
material can be re-used in the construction industry
as sub-base and fill material, or as a raw material
for making concrete and asphalts.
In order to be
able to make correct use of the demolition waste,
the Special Demolitions Division
of the group uses “selective demolition”
techniques and specific processing that facilitate
its re-use potential.
It is for this reason that executive dismantling
and demolition procedures have been introduced
by the company in order to obtain homogeneous
fractions of materials. The more uniform the material
obtained from the demolition, the higher are its
re-use possibilities.
On the sites where mobile recycling plant is to
be installed, prior to the material processing,
the environmental
office carries out a chemical and physical analysis
of the material. It then informs the competent
authorities of the results, enclosing the
documentation required by current legislation,
the relative authorisations and the technical
evaluation of environmental compatibility.
A log book is used to record the movement of the
materials recycled and those sent for disposal. |
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