Versatile
Digital process optimisation at Lobbe In January 2021, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) published the results of its survey "Digitalisation with challenges". Around 3,500 companies took part. In their self-assessment of the degree of digitalisation, the companies only ranked themselves on average with a grade of just 2.9 on the usual scale of one to six. Above all [...]
Mud on the cheek
Lobbe desludges ponds in Bad Homburg "We can't find a buyer for the sludge because it's too clean," says Udo Mai, project manager for the renaturation of two ponds in Bad Homburg. The site of the Werner Reimers Foundation is located directly behind the spa gardens and is a little gem of nature: at the foot of the gently sloping hill is a stream, [...]
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
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 [...]
