Flood disaster in NRW

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Big challenge for Lobbe on land and on water On 14 July, dark clouds gather in the sky and the German Weather Service issues a storm warning. In the night of 15 July, the first consequences of the heavy rainfall become visible. In Hagen and Iserlohn, streets become raging rivers, the masses of water wash out houses, sweep away cars [...]

Waste wood part 2: Recycling according to new rules

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Waste wood processing according to today's standards The currently valid Waste Wood Ordinance is being revised and amended. Politicians see the need for an amendment because the previous ordinance, which has been in force since 2002, no longer meets the current requirements for the circular economy. The main focus of the changes is to put more untreated wood of the waste wood class A1 back into [...]

Resource conservation through circular economy

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Lobbe produces high-quality substitute fuels in Paderborn The delivery hall is bustling every day: Numerous disposal vehicles deliver their household, commercial, and mixed construction waste, which is sorted at PEG (Pader Entsorgung GmbH) in an elaborate process and converted into high-quality substitute fuels especially for the cement industry. It is one of a few plants in Germany that produces substitute fuels from [...]

Versatile

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Digital process optimisation at Lobbe In January 2021, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) published the results of its survey "Digitalisation with challenges". Around 3,500 companies took part. In their self-assessment of the degree of digitalisation, the companies only ranked themselves on average with a grade of just 2.9 on the usual scale of one to six. Above all [...]

Mud on the cheek

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Lobbe desludges ponds in Bad Homburg "We can't find a buyer for the sludge because it's too clean," says Udo Mai, project manager for the renaturation of two ponds in Bad Homburg. The site of the Werner Reimers Foundation is located directly behind the spa gardens and is a little gem of nature: at the foot of the gently sloping hill is a stream, [...]

Major cleaning in the tunnel

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Lobbe cleans and inspects drainage systems and sewers Plettenberg. On normal days, around 18,000 vehicles roll through the Hestenberg tunnel in Plettenberg. Now it's time for a big clean-up in the tunnel. Traffic is at a standstill, only a few vehicles from Lobbe and StraßenNRW are on the closed section of road, while traffic struggles through Plettenberg's town centre.Once a year, the [...]

Waste wood Part 1: Processing and recovery

Waste wood processing according to today's standard

Waste wood processing according to today's standards An amendment to the Waste Wood Ordinance is planned and under political discussion. But until that happens, waste wood is classified, sorted, shredded and recycled according to the current Waste Wood Ordinance at Lobbe's state-of-the-art waste wood recycling plant in Hagen. Biomass power plants and recycling In Germany, eight million tonnes of waste wood are recycled annually, only 1.5 million [...]

Incorrect disposal is a fire hazard

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How old electrical appliances are recycled Old and worn-out electrical appliances, from printers to cordless screwdrivers, are now collected separately. Although the devices also contain valuable metals, they often also contain harmful substances such as toners, capacitors and lithium-ion batteries, which must be disposed of properly to protect health and the environment and are also fire hazards. The returned old electrical appliances are sorted into six [...]

Economic efficiency with high-tech

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Lobbe sets new standards in the quality of sewer services With its many years of experience, Lobbe will continue to convince with sewer services in the future. Since last year, Pader Kanal Technik (PKT) and Lobbe Hydrotec have been working together as Lobbe Kanaltechnik GmbH & Co KG with locations in Paderborn and Hagen to meet the challenges of the water and [...]