SUSTAINABLE TREATMENT OF ORGANIC WASTE FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
With 20 years of experience in the international development cooperation, we founded our waste management company HANKE in Colombia, Latin America in 2018.
The aim is to tackle the climate crisis where solutions are most urgently needed.
As a service provider in the resource management sector, we create technical solutions directly from the environment of an emerging country in order to drive strong and sustainable local development.
OUR FOCUS
THE NUTRIENT CYCLE AND THE GREENHOUSE GAS METHANE
THE GOAL
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
OUR FOCUS
THE NUTRIENT CYCLE AND THE GREENHOUSE GAS METHANE
THE GOAL
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
TURNING THE WHEEL OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY TOGETHER
With a focus on the circular economy, we produce biogas and fertilizer from organic waste and livestock manure. In doing so, we protect the environment, generate clean energy, and avoid climate-damaging CO₂ and methane emissions.
OF DAILY WASTE IS OF ORGANIC ORIGIN
A global view of the waste problem: around 60% of our daily produced waste is of organic origin. Once collected, it is dumped in open landfills in large parts of the world. There, the organic components ferment and release highly climate-damaging methane into the atmosphere.
OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION HAVE NO ACCESS TO TECHNICAL RECYCLING APPROACHES
Recycling techniques used in industrialized countries are not profitable in large parts of the world. Technical approaches to recycling, which are considered the benchmark in industrialized nations like Germany, are not used for 80% of the world’s population. The climate impact of this continued lack of action is significant.
THE CONSEQUENCE:
SINCE OUR COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 2018, WE HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS TOPIC AND CREATED SOLUTIONS.
THINKING GLOBALLY,
ACTING REGIONALLY
Since December 2023, we are building Colombia’s first agricultural biogas plant for the disposal and recycling of organic waste and livestock manure in collaboration with the national vocational training center SENA.
The plant will go into operation in January 2025. It will produce biogas and organic fertilizer using a robust technology specially developed for the treatment of organic waste.
HANKE:
By making a practical switch to key systems with circularity principles at their core in the energy sector and agriculture, we are making our contribution to achieving global climate neutrality.
We want to set a precedent and use our practical example to show what the key criteria are for implementing large-scale prevention of wild methane emissions by treating organic waste and animal feces.
With the pilot plant currently under construction, we can process around 10 tons of biomass per day into fertilizer and electricity. Once the pilot plant is running, more are to follow.
VALLE DEL CAUCA, LOCATED BETWEEN TWO ANDEAN RIDGES IN THE SOUTHWEST OF COLOMBIA, IS THE MAIN AGRICULTURAL REGION OF THIS COUNTRY
With a mild climate all year round at a moderate altitude, a constant agriculture is possible in the region — up to three harvests per year — where sugar cane and corn crops prevail. Due to the logistical proximity to the Pacific harbor of Buenaventura and the ideal climate, many livestock farms have settled here. As a result, large quantities of manure are generated daily in Valle del Cauca that are not used or treated properly. On the other hand, the vast soils of the region are seriously over exploited and it is urgent to preserve soil fertility for agriculture.
SEE LOCATION
HANKE S.A.S. – E.S.P. Guadalajara de Buga
Santiago de Cali
Pacific Ocean
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AS KEY TECHNOLOGY
We implement anaerobic digestion as a key technology to return the organic substances into the natural cycle and bring life back to the soils.
In this way, we help farmers and urban communities to close the nutrient cycle and maintain the fertility of their soils.
CLOSED LOOP SOLUTIONS
COLLECTION
COLLECTION
Medium-sized farms from the surrounding area deliver the feces from their animals to the biogas plant. Associations of local recyclers deliver municipal organic waste.
TREATMENT
TREATMENT
Through a new application of tried and tested techniques, we have developed a robust technology specifically designed for the treatment of organic waste.
ORGANIC FERTILIZER
ORGANIC FERTILIZER
We produce organic fertilizer that brings life back to the region’s heavily used soils.
CLEAN ENERGY
CLEAN ENERGY
The plant produces clean energy, which is fed into the grid and replaces a proportion of the electricity generated from fossil fuels.
LET’S CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE TOGETHER!
EMPRESA DE SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS HANKE S.A.S. – E.S.P.
NIT:
901152818-8
Address:
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje SENA Carretera Central Variante Buga – Tulúa Buga, Colombia
Email:
info@hanke.com.co
© 2024 HANKE S.A.S. E.S.P. | DESIGN: GPU DESIGN
© 2024 HANKE S.A.S. E.S.P. | DESIGN: GPU DESIGN