Waste management plant

WIP Leverkusen

The waste incineration plant (WIP) Leverkusen has three incineration lines, constructed for an annual amount of over 200.000 t of waste. The energy released by waste incineration is used according to the principle of heat and power cogeneration for the production of long-distance heating and power. Both energy forms are fed into the public network of Leverkusen. Consequently, the WIP combines two decisive aspects: safe waste disposal and environmental compatibility.

WUP Bonn

On working days, more than 1.000 t of waste are delivered to the waste utilization plant (WUP) in Bonn. The SWB Utilization produces energy from waste with the aid of latest technology. The waste utilization plant of Bonn incinerates waste to produce water vapour, which is delivered to the adjacent combined heat and power station Nord. Current and long-distance heating are produced here from vapour.

Bergisch Gladbach-Bockenberg Sorting plant

The ultramodern Bockenberg sorting plant for industry and bulky waste complies not only with the latest state of the art but also with all requirements regarding environmental compatibility and safety at work. In contrast to other sorting plants, Bockenberg allows the sorting of different types of waste of the fraction industry and bulky waste, considering different material features.

Burscheid and Lindlar Biomass Centres

The Burscheid Biomass Center has accepted organic waste from Leverkusen and Burscheid since May 2009. The annual capacity amounts to a maximum of 14.000 t garden waste. Before composting, this creates about 4.000 t to 5.600 t of biomass. The rest is composted. The plant additionally handles up to 2.000 t of garden waste annually. 

The term biomass means the part of garden with a high wood content, obtained through chopping and sieving. Using this material, special biomass combined heat and power stations produce power and long-distance heat. Since the biomass is a raw material that grows again, its combustion in suitable plants is CO2-neutral.

A further Biomass Center is located in Lindlar, and a composting plant in Bergisch Gladbach.

Lindlar Sieving plant

Grate ash from the combustion of residual waste from waste incineration plants is processed in several steps in a sieving plant at the waste disposal center Leppe in Lindlar. After the separation of the metal and sieving, the very good structural features of the material mean it can be used in various applications. Important raw materials (NE-/FE-metals) are secured and re-introduced into the economic cycle. Our contribution to the protection of the resources / Urban Mining.