Municipal Solid Waste Dryer Manufacturer in Brazil
See how we dry Solid WasteLooking for MSW dryer manufacturers in Brazil? STRONGA builds FlowDrya lines to order at its Hertfordshire works and supplies them to Brazil — see the regulatory and economic context below.
FlowDrya municipal solid waste dryers are engineered to order at STRONGA's Hertfordshire works and supplied to waste managers and RDF producers here, though no FlowDrya MSW line is commissioned in the country yet. Mixed municipal waste is wet and variable, and that water is what blocks recovery: it lowers calorific value, fouls sorting and leaves the residue fit only for a landfill the national solid-waste law is trying to close. Drying the waste to a low, even moisture makes the combustible fraction usable as a refuse-derived fuel for cement co-processing and improves the separation of recyclables, turning a disposal problem into fuel and materials.
Supplying Brazil
We supply Brazil from our Hertfordshire works — we have no documented Solid Waste installation in Brazil yet.
Regulatory context
The National Solid Waste Policy (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Lei 12.305/2010) is the framework statute for waste in Brazil. It fixes a binding order of priority — non-generation, reduction, reuse, recycling, treatment and only then the environmentally adequate final disposal of the residual rejects — and expressly recognises energy recovery from waste, so a drying-and-recovery operation that turns wet residue into a fuel or a soil product sits high in that hierarchy rather than heading for burial.
Source: https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2007-2010/2010/lei/l12305.htm · checked 2026-08
The 2020 sanitation framework law (Lei 14.026/2020) amended the solid-waste policy to set firm, staggered deadlines for every municipality to close its open dumps (lixões) and adopt environmentally adequate final disposal, with the final tranche — the smallest municipalities, those under 50,000 inhabitants — due by August 2024. Burial of untreated waste is being closed off nationwide, so an operator that keeps generating wet residue needs a treatment and recovery route such as drying.
Source: https://www12.senado.leg.br/noticias/materias/2024/08/02/na-data-limite-para-fim-de-lixoes-destino-dos-residuos-ainda-desafia-municipios · checked 2026-08
Co-processing waste and biomass as alternative fuel and raw material in cement (clinker) kilns is a licensed recovery route in Brazil: it was established by CONAMA Resolution 264/1999 and updated by CONAMA Resolution 499/2020, which set the licensing criteria and atmospheric-emission limits for burning treated waste-derived and biomass fuels in place of fossil fuel. A dried, specification-consistent fuel is exactly what these kilns can accept.
Source: https://ambiensys.com.br/post/resolucao-conama-264-1999-coprocessamento-residuos · checked 2026-08
With no separate Brazilian solid-recovered-fuel specification, producers and cement kilns characterise waste-derived and biomass fuels against the European ISO standards that local laboratories run — EN ISO 21640 for solid recovered fuel classification, the EN ISO 17225 series for solid biofuels, and EN ISO 18134 for moisture determination — so a dried fuel is traded on a documented calorific value and moisture grade.
Source: https://www.iso.org/standard/71309.html · checked 2026-08
Applicable standards: EN ISO 21640, EN ISO 17225-4, EN ISO 18134, CONAMA 498/2020 biosolids (Classes A/B).
Economic context
There is a large domestic market for a dried, specification-consistent alternative fuel. Brazil runs one of the world's biggest cement co-processing sectors: in 2024 alternative fuels — biomass, tyres and treated waste — reached about 30 per cent of the cement industry's thermal energy matrix, consuming roughly 3 million tonnes of waste and biomass and avoiding some 2,8 million tonnes of CO2 (ABCP/SNIC). That demand rewards a low, even moisture and a documented calorific value.
Source: https://abcp.org.br/vendas-de-cimento-2025/ · checked 2026-08
Bought-in power is a real cost: recent data put Brazil's weighted-average industrial electricity price at R$ 442,05/MWh, which favours drying systems built around recovered kiln, boiler or flue heat rather than grid electricity.
Source: https://custobrasil.org.br/projetos/acesso-a-energia-eletrica-competitiva/ · checked 2026-08
Worked illustration (assumptions stated):
The case rests on diverting waste from the open dumps the sanitation framework required municipalities to end – on deadlines running to 2024 – and turning it into fuel. Dried, the combustible fraction becomes a refuse-derived fuel that cement kilns co-process in place of coal; alternative fuels already supply about 30 per cent of the sector's thermal energy, so the outlet is real. Drying takes energy, but with industrial power near R$ 442,05/MWh, recovered process heat is far cheaper than the grid. Set against closing landfills and tightening diversion rules, a dry, recoverable output is worth far more than a wet load bound for burial. Assumptions: fuel grade, offtake and heat source vary by site.
Figures are indicative and were last reviewed August 2026; energy and disposal prices move — contact us for a current assessment.
Municipal Solid Waste Dryer Manufacturer in Brazil — FAQ
Do you have an MSW drying plant here?
Not yet. We will not imply a reference we do not hold; the identical FlowDrya platform is proven in Britain drying waste-derived and biomass streams, and that is what an operator here would receive.
Why dry municipal solid waste?
The water in mixed waste destroys its calorific value and fouls mechanical sorting. Drying it lifts the energy content of the combustible fraction and makes recyclables easier to recover, turning waste into fuel and materials rather than landfill.
How does dried waste become a usable fuel?
Once dried and refined, the combustible fraction is a refuse-derived fuel with a documented calorific value that cement kilns co-process in place of coal, which they already do at scale.
What does the national waste law require?
The sanitation framework set staggered deadlines, running to 2024, for municipalities to close open dumps and adopt environmentally adequate final disposal, pushing wet, unrecoverable waste toward treatment and recovery.
How does drying support landfill diversion?
By converting wet, unrecoverable waste into fuel and recyclables, drying keeps material out of closing landfills and aligns with the recovery-over-disposal direction of national waste policy.
What happens to the non-combustible fraction?
Drying and screening liberates metals, glass and inert material for recycling, leaving a lighter, drier combustible fraction; separating these streams recovers value a wet, comingled load buried in a landfill would lose entirely.
Does drying reduce the mass hauled onward?
Substantially. Evaporating the water shrinks both the weight and volume of the residue, so fewer lorry movements are needed to shift the refined output, cutting haulage cost and road emissions.
What odour and vermin control does drying give?
Removing moisture halts the microbial activity that makes fresh waste smell and attract pests, so a dried, refined fraction is far safer to store and handle at a transfer station.