The municipal waste disposal plant in Olsztyn, Poland (ZGOK) has a capacity to process 110,000 metric tons of refuse derived fuel (RDF) per year. RDF is a type of alternative fuel produced from processed municipal waste with a high calorific value of around 18 MJ/kg. The ZGOK facility includes buildings for mechanical waste treatment, biological treatment, and administration, as well as three reloading stations that help reduce traffic by transferring waste between collection vehicles and trucks transporting waste to ZGOK.

1. Municipal Enterprise
of Waste Management
in Olsztyn - ZGOK

2. OLSZTYN CHP PLANT
The RDF processing capacity at ZGOK in Olsztyn is
110,000 mg/year.
RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel/alternative fuel) is the
term used to refer to a fuel that includes a wide
range of wastes that have been processed to
meet the guidelines, mainly to achieve a high
calorific value (usually around 18 MJ per
kilogram of weight). RDF comes from municipal
waste.

3. WASTE PAPER
GLASS
PLASTICS
OUTSIZE WASTE
ORGANIC WASTE
HAZARDOUS WASTE
OTHER WASTE
What does the composition of
the garbage in the container
look like?

4. 77 percent of
Polish people
collect waste
selectively

5. THE MUNICIPAL
ENTERPRISE OF WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 2015.
THE COST WAS 232
MILLION PLN, AND THE
CO-FINANCING
AMOUNTED TO 118
MILLION PLN.

6. MECHANICAL PART
BIOLOGICAL PART
ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING
Layout of buildings

7. T H E W A S T E S T R E A M I S
D I R E C T L Y D I R E C T E D T O
T H E Z U O K , T H E S O -
C A L L E D M U N I C I P A L
W A S T E D I S P O S A L P L A N T
I N O L S Z T Y N , O R T O O N E
O F T H E T H R E E
R E L O A D I N G S T A T I O N S -
S P .
T H E I N S T A L L A T I O N O F
M E C H A N I C A L -
B I O L O G I C A L T R E A T M E N T
A T Z U O K I S U S E D T O
P R O C E S S M I X E D
M U N I C I P A L W A S T E S O
T H A T I T D O E S N O T P O S E
A T H R E A T T O H U M A N
L I F E O R H E A L T H O R T O
T H E E N V I R O N M E N T .
ZUOK

8. a line for mechanical
and biological
treatment of
municipal waste
(nominal capacity of
95,000 Mg/year)
located in the main
hall. This line is
focused on the
production of
alternative fuel from
solid waste and
allows the recovery of
some raw materials.
The ZUOK
installation
consists of:

9. TRANSSHIPMENT
STATIONS
THE MUNICIPAL
ENTERPRISE OF WASTE
MANAGEMENT IN
OLSZTYN HAS THREE
RELOADING STATIONS.
THE ROLE OF EACH
STATION IS TO REDUCE
TRAFFIC INTENSITY AND
SHORTEN THE LENGTH
OF ROUTES FOR
VEHICLES DELIVERING
WASTE. THE WASTE
COLLECTED AT EACH
RELOADING STATION IS
LOADED ONTO TRUCK
SETS AND TRANSPORTED
TO THE ZUOK.

10. Main elements of the
Reloading Station:
the main waste
handling hall where
waste is unloaded in
order to reduce the
spread of odors,
storage boxes for raw
materials in which
selectively collected
waste is collected for
transport to the ZUOK.
The last main element
of the Reloading Station
a weight building is
without social facilities,
auxiliary facilities -
garage, rainwater tank.

11. IN THE
MUNICIPAL
WASTE
DISPOSAL PLANT
IS OWNED BY 37
LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS
LOCATED IN THE
CENTRAL PART
OF THE
WARMIAN-
MASURIAN
VOIVODESHIP.

12. The Municipal Waste Disposal
Plant in Olsztyn is a local
government commercial law
company.

13. ORGANIZATION OF WASTE
MANAGEMENT IN THE ZGOK COMPANY
5 0 0 T H O U S A N D I N H A B I T A N T S ,
1 6 0 - 1 7 0 T H O U S A N D T O N S O F
W A S T E P E R Y E A R
TRANSFER STATION
BALLAST STORAGE
ZUO OLSZTYN
DELIVERED
WASTE FROM
MUNICIPALITIES
WASTE
DELIVERED
FROM ZUOK
STATION
BALLAST
EXPORT
ZUOK
TRELKOWO
MEDYNY
POLISH
VILLAGE

14. END
CREDITS:
- ZGOK HOME PAGE
- GAZETA OLSZTYŃSKA
BY: ROKSANA SZUŁCZYŃSKA