100,000 tonnes of soil prepared

Last show of strength for a clean landfill 100,000 tonnes of soil processed In Lusatia, a structurally weak region, around 8,000 jobs are directly linked to lignite, as well as a further 16,000 jobs with suppliers. There are always discussions about "pro" and "contra" lignite. This was also the case in Proschim, a small town on the edge of the Welzow-Süd open-cast lignite mine. There was agreement among the [...]

Waste containers made from plastic waste

Michael Wieczorek, Managing Director Lobbe Entsorgung West GmbH & Co KG, in an interview: "A credo for more circular and recycling economy" The idea is not only charming, but also resource-saving: Lobbe plans to produce and use waste containers from plastic waste together with a partner. A project that is currently in the test phase and has enormous potential. How it [...]

Waste wood part 2: Recycling according to new rules

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]