PNEUMATIC WASTE COLLECTION
URBAN REFUSE DEVELOPMENT
Urban Refuse Development (URD) is an internationally oriented company based in Lleida (Spain) supplying Pneumatic Waste Collection Solutions. It has a proven technology, with more than 15 years of experience, giving service to more than 500,000 users and managing more than 450 tons per day.
In cities and rural areas, mobility and waste management are two of the most important challenges to solve, this is the reason why pneumatic waste collection represents the main alternative to traditional waste management.
Pneumatic waste collection is becoming the reference system for cities valuing the quality of life of their citizens and chasing the goal to avoid the inconveniences generated by conventional waste collection and handling systems. It improves the urban image and the branding of the municipality, optimizes the separation in origin, increases the recycling rates and reduces the costs per ton collected.
URD technology is a conceptually Smart technology, allowing to manage waste automatically 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in a clean, odorless and safe way. It facilitates selective collection at source, allowing to record all data of the process, to easily implement pay-as-you-throw policies and increasing the percentage of recycled materials, which boosts circular economy.
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URD News
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URD at the Municipalia 2017 (duplicate) One year more, URD has exhibited at Municipalia Show, main annual meeting point of the Spanish municipalities. This year the main attraction has been the presentation of the new AutoWasteCollect compa...
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URD, new operator of Vitry Terminal URD has been recently awarded by the Municipality of Vitry-sur-Seine to Operate and Maintain its Terminal in the city, after several year operated by third parties. This fact demonstrates how importan...
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URD to renew the Operation Contract of Vitoria Terminal URD has been renewed as main Operator of the URD system installed in the city since 2014. After 5 years of operation, the Municipality has relied on URD for the good performance of the system and to e...
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Improving recycling rates in Portugalete The town of Portugalete has 2 pneumatic waste collection systems intalled by URD. Once they are fully developed, the whole garbage of the city will be collected by pneumatic means. The recycling rates...
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URD at the Smart City World Expo 2017 URD has shown its main novelty, the compact system for pneumatic waste collection AutoWasteCollect, as well as the advantages that pneumatic waste collection technology can deliver to the present and ...