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SORPA´s goals

The charter of the firm stipulates a 10-point programme where the goals of SORPA are stated in a generalized way. The programme forms the foundation of company policy and actions. The 10 points are as follows:

  • To select, procure and operate an environmentally sound landfill site. 
  • To build and operate common waste-disposal collection sites.
  • To transport waste from such collection sites.
  • To produce and sell, in an economically sound way, fuel and/or energy obtained from solid waste.
  • To produce and sell raw material for recycled products in an economically sound way.
  • To collaborate, in an economically sound way, with companies that promote recycling of waste products.
  • To follow technical developments in the fields of solid waste-disposal and recycling.
  • To handle the disposal of hazardous waste.
  • To develop new techniques to retrieve valuable products from solid waste.
  • To publicize the role and policy of SORPA as well as environmental issues related to waste-disposal.