Safety means reducing the risks for our workers, our fellow citizens, the environment, for the population in general. It follows, then, that the presence of stocks of obsolete ammunition and arms increases the risk of accidents, terrorist attacks, thefts and other such incidents which undermine the citizen's belief in a safe environment.

The controlled destruction or the recovery for civil use of all excess explosives and gases, often in line with international treaties, guidelines and laws, represents an ideal solution to this problem.

Ecologia Soluzione Ambiente S.p.A. can help in the efficient destruction of such excess stocks, while adhering to high standards of environmental safety and controlled risk.

Ecologia Soluzione Ambiente S.p.A. knows that each problem must be treated as a unique case and therefore plans and customizes specific chemical industrial processes for the single type of material to be treated, guaranteeing the distribution or reconversion of the explosives and gases therein. It performs these operations under a strict adherence to environmental guidelines and ensures efficient recovery of the residual materials and the energy produced. Ecologia Soluzione Ambiente S.p.A. offers solutions planned and carried out in order to optimize the use of non-renewable energy and maximize the economic result of the processes employed.

Destruction and recovery processes

Closed cycle Combustion

• Rotative Oven
• Fluid-bedded Incinerator
• Hot gas decontamination system
• Confined & controlled detonation chamber
• Controlled combustion oven

Supplementary techniques for elimination of ammunition

• Dismantling
• Mechanical adaptation
• Cryogenic fragmentation

Separation techniques

• Fusion techniques
• Water-jet washing
• Washing with solvents

Recovery and reconversion

• Certification of deactivated materials
• Recovery for civil purposes of explosive materials

Experimental Conversion Techniques

• Oxidation in supercritical water
• Pyrolisis by plasma arc
• Biodegradation

Techniques of co-generation

• Production of energy
• Production of fertilizer for agricultural uses (nitrogen)
• Recovery of explosives for civil uses

Techniques of deactivation of volatile material

Activities:

• Destruction of small and medium sized ammunition; by adaptation, this technique can be applied to large-sized ammunition
• Destruction of explosives and gases with possible recovery of energy and other waste materials
• Certification of deactivated materials destined for recycling or waste disposal
• Clearance of contaminated metallic waste
• Adaptation of arms for other technologies and for recycling
• Separation of explosives and waste metal for civil purposes of recycling and re-use
• Specific applications for dangerous materials aimed at avoiding the formation of highly toxic substances and at preserving the environment

One of our projects

Destruction of cluster bombs (Dutch and Belgian armies)
Destruction of "Valmara" anti-personnel mines (Italian army)