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Recovering recyclable materials.
A sorting plant at our Langes Feld site enables us to recover recyclable materials from construction site waste for reuse. We fractionate the bulk waste and mixed…
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Conserving resources on multiple levels.
Waste incineration generates considerable amounts of combustion residues. This slag is usually sent to landfill without further treatment or processing.…
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Pre-treatment – recycling – disposal
The plant in Fischamend was initially used for waste composting after it was opened in 1997. Following a renovation in 1999, it was expanded in 2004 with the…
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Back to nature.
At the Langes Feld and Fischamend sites, we follow a specific formulation in the production of humified material for surface formation and as a water-retaining layer. The…
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Dewatering
It is important to ensure that no leachate escapes from the enclosed area into the surrounding groundwater horizon and deeper-lying aquifers. The dewatering system therefore constantly…
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Construction work
Seal walls
Two methods were used to construct seal walls in order to minimise water leaching from the enclosed area.
Membrane wall installation
In this method, a heavy steel…
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Remediating the contaminated site
Survey
A total of 1,460m of exploratory boreholes were drilled and 31 pumping tests conducted to determine the thickness of the seal wall. Shafts totalling 1,600m…
