Major cleaning in the tunnel
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 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
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
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 [...]
Black and sticky
Lobbe renovates gasworks site in Nauen It is freezing cold at the renovation construction site in Nauen, Brandenburg. "We deliberately scheduled this remediation work for the cold season so that the odour nuisance would be minimised," says operations manager Dr Kristin Brand of Lobbe Industrieservice. The tar pit on the former gasworks site contains pollutant residues from gasworks production. "Here, among other things, [...]
Robot vacuums up leftovers
Successful naphtha tank cleaning at BASF The tank in which BASF Ludwigshafen stores naphtha has a total diameter of 39 metres. The crude petrol is one of the most important raw materials in the petrochemical industry. The tank, surrounded by a concrete shell and accessible via two manholes that are only 60 centimetres in diameter, had to be emptied and cleaned for maintenance work in spring 2021 [...]
The Green Deal
Course towards a circular economy The basic outlines of the "Green Deal" were already made public last year; details on its content followed in 2020. A number of measures are also on the agenda for 2021. What this EU-wide plan to significantly reduce CO2 emissions means for the circular economy is outlined by Michael Wieczorek in his function as managing director of Lobbe Entsorgung West and state spokesman of the [...]
Never miss a rebuff again
Lobbe app also offers smart-home functions Knowing at all times which bin will be collected on which day is no longer a vision of the future, but is now easily and clearly visible to every citizen in the new Lobbe app. With the free Lobbe app on their mobile phones, users can access the most important services related to Lobbe waste disposal for their hand [...]
Lobbe's major construction site at BASF
Major construction site of Lobbe at BASF Catalyst change in a BASF plant successfully mastered with life support system "The job is first of all 'girl for everything'," knows Sebastian Engel. The plant manager of Lobbe Industrieservice Süd is in charge of the large-scale construction site for emptying the catalytic converter at a BASF Ludwigshafen plant. With a total of 60 employees working in two shifts, two reactors [...]