Issue 04/2023

COVERSTORY

BHS-Sonthofen receives order for BASF battery recycling plant

 

WEEE

Huge mountains of old photovoltaic modules

 

WOOD RECOVERY

Terex Ecotec’s new TBG 530T

Content

editorial

Turning old into new

Dear Readers, The energy turnaround brings many advantages and is a necessary prerequisite for being able to rely on a sufficient raw material base in the future - but it also brings many challenges....

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coverstory

recovery spotlight

Development of battery systems and their recycling

FIRE symposium on October 10, 2023 in Freiberg/Saxony

Climate change, energy transition, climate neutrality, mobility transition, sustainability - buzzwords that today represent overarching topics in research, business, politics, and society. In view of...

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metal recovery

Next milestone in the metal segment

AUTOSORTTM PULSE with dynamic LIBS technology

TOMRA Recycling Sorting, introduced a new machine featuring dynamic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). Designed for high throughput sorting of aluminum alloys, AUTOSORT™ PULSE redefines...

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Latest evolutionary stage

Maximum Aluminium Purity

In order to conserve resources, we need to reuse raw materials as often as we can. This requires recycling materials flows that have as high and as consistent a quality as possible. It is only with...

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waste recovery

For more efficient loading

INVENTHOR 6.2 from Doppstadt with optimised hopper

Doppstadt revolutionised its shredding portfolio with the launch of the INVENTHOR series in 2018. The slow speed shredders of the INVENTHOR 6 and 9 models quickly convinced customers worldwide thanks...

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Bulletproof

Weycor wheel loader with special equipment

Sodom and Gomorrah in the Lüneburg Heath. Over 100 000 poison gas grenades from World War II have to be recovered. An Atlas Weyhausen explosion-proof wheel loader, the Weycor AR 480, is helping.

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plastics recovery

WEEE recovery

Recycling wanted!

Huge mountains of old photovoltaic modules

Photovoltaics are already making a major contribution to energy production and this will continue to grow, because solar energy is considered a sustainable alternative to oil and gas. However, the...

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wood recovery

One instead of two

Terex Ecotec’s new TBG 530T

R. Heatrick Ltd, a recycling and demolition contractor based in Northern Ireland, is turning waste wood products into biomass using a Terex Ecotec TBG 530T track-mounted high-speed shredder. The TBG...

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biowaste recovery

textile recovery