Schwarze Pumpe: Structural change in the soil too
Half-time in the soil remediation at the former Spremberg gas combine. It was the largest energy combine in the former GDR. Until the 1990s, briquette factories, electricity and steam generation, coking plants and town gas production were located on the Schwarze Pumpe site. Up to 125,000 tonnes of raw lignite per day were delivered from the surrounding opencast mines, processed and around 85 per cent of the total town gas [...]
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 [...]
Hot as hell
Hellishly hot shutdown work by Lobbe during HKM's ongoing operations I follow the operations manager Guido Schwarz to Lobbe's site at HKM and involuntarily have to stop. I feel as if I have landed at the mouth of hell: Iron heated to over 1,400 degrees is just being poured out of a gigantic container called a ladle behind two fireproof [...]
Against the silver cat
Lobbe successfully uses gentle combination process for industrial cleaning at BASF Ludwigshafen Almost inaudibly, Lobbe's own construction with three custom-made pipes on a frame made of profiles moves a few centimetres to the right. Then the rotating pipes sink into the openings of a heat exchanger, it steams and hisses, water mist obstructs the view and millimetre-sized grains of the [...]
Half-timbering and Gothic
Lobbe removes faulty floor on the Regensburg Cathedral grounds "The bishop asked us to pause with the suction work for mass," says Operations Manager Steffen Müller, Lobbe Industrieservice Süd. This is because Lobbe's suction truck is located on the small square between one of Germany's most important Gothic cathedrals and the adjacent building. Next to Cologne Cathedral, the cathedral symbolises [...]
Flood disaster in NRW
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
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 [...]
