Municipal Solid Waste Dryer Manufacturer in Mexico
See how we dry Solid WasteLooking for MSW dryer manufacturers in Mexico? STRONGA builds FlowDrya lines to order at its Hertfordshire works and supplies them to Mexico — see the regulatory and economic context below.
FlowDrya municipal solid waste dryers are engineered to order at STRONGA's Hertfordshire works and supplied to Mexican waste managers and RDF producers, though no FlowDrya MSW line is commissioned for this material in the country yet. Mixed municipal waste is wet and variable, and that water blocks recovery: it lowers calorific value, fouls sorting and leaves the residue fit only for a landfill or open tiradero the LGPGIR is steering waste away from. Drying shredded waste from over 35 per cent moisture toward 15 to 20 per cent makes the combustible fraction usable as a refuse-derived fuel for cement co-processing and improves the separation of recyclables. Our delivered FlowDrya in the country – the Enval plastic-packaging plant near Mexico City – already proves the technology recovering value from waste plastics on local soil.
Supplying Mexico
We supply Mexico from our Hertfordshire works — we have no documented Solid Waste installation in Mexico yet. Our FlowDrya projects in Mexico to date cover other materials:
Regulatory context
The General Law for the Prevention and Integral Management of Waste (Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de los Residuos, LGPGIR) is Mexico's framework federal statute for waste. It builds management on a priority order — prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling and valorización, which expressly covers both material and energy recovery, ahead of final disposal — so an operation that dries wet residue into a fuel or a soil product ranks above burial in the legal hierarchy rather than heading for a relleno sanitario or open tiradero.
Source: https://www.gob.mx/profepa/documentos/ley-general-para-la-prevencion-y-gestion-integral-de-los-residuos-62914 · checked 2026-08
A producer that sorts, treats or stores waste to make a refuse- or solid-recovered fuel is handling residuos de manejo especial. NOM-161-SEMARNAT-2011 sets the criteria that classify these special-management wastes and determine which are subject to a plan de manejo (management plan), and it binds large generators — those producing 10 tonnes a year or more — to operate under an approved plan.
Source: https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5286505&fecha=01/02/2013 · checked 2026-08
Mexico has no separate national solid-recovered-fuel specification, so producers and the cement kilns that co-process the fuel characterise waste-derived and biomass fuels against the European ISO standards 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, NOM-004-SEMARNAT-2002 (biosolids), NMX-AA-180-SCFI-2018 (aerobic organic-waste treatment).
Economic context
Mexico levies a federal carbon tax on fossil fuels under the IEPS (Impuesto Especial sobre Producción y Servicios), charged on their carbon content; its effective cost averages about 53 pesos per tonne of CO2 across fuels and it reaches coal, petroleum coke, fuel oil, diesel and gasoline while natural gas is exempt. Several states — among them Zacatecas, the State of Mexico, Querétaro and Durango — add their own state carbon taxes. Displacing coal or petroleum coke with a dried waste- or biomass-derived fuel therefore avoids a real per-tonne charge that natural-gas heat does not carry.
Source: https://fundar.org.mx/guia-para-entender-el-impuesto-federal-al-carbono-en-mexico/ · checked 2026-08
There is a large domestic market for a dried, specification-consistent alternative fuel: the Mexican cement industry co-processes waste and biomass in place of coal and petroleum coke, and CEMEX has reported reaching about 36 per cent alternative-fuel substitution in its Mexican operations — already beyond the cement chamber CANACEM's 32 per cent energy-recycling target for 2030. That demand rewards a low, even moisture and a documented calorific value.
Source: https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Cemex-supera-meta-de-reciclaje-energetico-fijada-para-2030-en-Mexico-20230821-0077.html · checked 2026-08
Bought-in power is a real cost: Mexican industrial and business electricity runs at roughly 4.088 pesos per kWh (about 0.235 US dollars), so a drying system built around recovered kiln, boiler or process heat rather than grid electricity protects the operating margin.
Source: https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Mexico/electricity_prices/ · checked 2026-08
Worked illustration (assumptions stated):
The case rests on diverting waste from landfill and turning it into fuel. Dried, the combustible fraction becomes a refuse-derived fuel that Mexican cement kilns co-process in place of coal and petcoke – CEMEX at about 36 per cent substitution, past the CANACEM 32 per cent target for 2030 – and that displaced coal avoids the federal carbon tax of roughly 53 pesos per tonne of CO2 that leaves natural gas untaxed. Drying takes energy, but with industrial power near 4.088 pesos per kWh, recovered process heat is far cheaper than the grid. Sorting and treating the waste to make the fuel is handling residuos de manejo especial under NOM-161-SEMARNAT-2011. Set against closing tiraderos and tightening diversion, a dry, recoverable output beats 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 Mexico — FAQ
Do you have an MSW drying plant here?
Not for mixed municipal waste yet. The identical FlowDrya platform is proven in Britain drying waste-derived and biomass streams, and in the country our delivered project is the Enval plastic-packaging dryer near Mexico City, recovering oil and gas from waste plastics.
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, substituting a large share of their thermal energy.
What does the country's waste law require?
The LGPGIR builds management on valorización ahead of disposal and is closing open tiraderos, while NOM-161-SEMARNAT-2011 classifies the special-management waste and binds large generators to a plan de manejo.
How does drying support landfill diversion?
By converting wet, unrecoverable waste into fuel and recyclables, drying keeps material out of shrinking landfill airspace 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 grit for recycling, leaving a lighter, drier combustible fraction; separating these streams recovers value a wet, comingled load buried in a landfill would lose entirely.