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

As at 12.2020 On course for a circular economy The main features of the "Green Deal" were published last year; details followed in 2020. A number of measures are also on the agenda for 2021. Michael Wieczorek outlines what this EU-wide plan to significantly reduce CO2 emissions means for the circular economy in his role as Managing Director of Lobbe Entsorgung West and [...]

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 [...]

Thinking about tomorrow today...

... and take responsibility Environmental protection and scarcity of resources are the dominant topics of everyday life - both professionally and privately. This is not only shown by the previous article "Plastic as a raw material". If you look at the issues holistically, you quickly realise: something is happening, but the potential has not yet been exhausted. It is not only the big picture, but also the [...]

Digital solutions

New telematics for the Waste Disposal business area Papers such as service certificates are carried digitally via tablets at Lobbe. In addition to various digitalisation projects in the area of sales, a customer portal for a smooth and fast exchange of information as well as simple commissioning around the clock, Lobbe Entsorgung West GmbH & Co KG will successively introduce a new telematics solution in [...]

Between pollutant clean-up, hazard prevention and monument protection

"We now have a purity here that you probably don't even have in your living room." The Völklingen Ironworks stands for pioneering spirit, for the heyday of iron production. The ironworks was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 with the aim of preserving the imposing industrial monument in its entirety, authentically conserving the splendour of yesteryear for future generations. [...]