We see what others can’t see. And recover it
Our recycling work begins where other businesses hang up their tools. Thanks to our state-of-the-art technologies and decades of experience, we are able to recover recyclable materials – primarily non-ferrous metals – from a whole range of waste streams. What’s more, we also specialise in dismantling waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) right down to the smallest piece of recyclable material.
What makes our recycling operations stand out
A unique depth of processing
It is our goal to recover every single gram of non-ferrous and ferrous metal so they can be reused by the global raw materials industry. We succeed in doing this no matter how heterogeneous the mixture of materials may be.
An extensive catalogue of input materials
We are extremely flexible when it comes to the materials we accept. If a customer has material that we are unable to recycle, then we always sit down with them to find a solution.
Top customer services
We provide you with bespoke advice on how to process your materials and we do everything in our power to achieve the best possible recycling rates for you. What’s more, materials can be delivered to our plant until 6pm.
Certified quality
Our processing and waste management systems have been certified and meet the highest sustainability and environmental protection standards.
Cutting-edge technologies
We make the most of our know-how to keep searching for new solutions as well as to continuously further develop our facilities.
Meet M&R’s team
What jobs do we have and who does them? Find out more about the people at our company.
Details about our input material
Non-ferrous metal mixtures are waste streams that are generated from recycling end-of-life vehicles, old electrical and electronic appliances and industrial scrap as well as the materials left over from processing incinerator bottom ash. Once this material reaches our plant, it undergoes a variety of dry and wet mechanical treatment stages to both recover and clean a whole range of non-ferrous metals, such as aluminium, copper, brass, zinc, stainless steel and precious metals. These are ideal products for the raw materials industry and refineries.
The processes used to shred end-of-life vehicles, industrial scrap, material from scrap metal collections, and large electrical appliances generate fractions of screening material (< 20 mm) that primarily contain mineral residue. They also, however, include valuable non-ferrous metals. We have designed our own facilities to enable us to recover these non-ferrous metals using a dry mechanical process. And this work is well worth its while. Metal can make up to 30% of the content of such shredder residue.
We have been certified as a primary treatment facility in accordance with the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act [ElektroG]. This means that we are permitted to take whole appliances (such as computers, laptops and servers) as well as individual components (e.g. circuit boards, drives and power supply units). In addition to this, we process mixed plastics from e-waste that also contain metal – i.e. fractions that have already been pre-sorted and only contain, for example, printed circuit boards. Our WEEE recycling operations are targeted at both recyclers and industry. We also provide our industrial customers with other services, such as recovering metals and plastics from their production scrap.
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Our facilities use state-of-the-art technology – which also helps to reduce dust emissions and noise pollution
Our processing technology
We operate a wide variety of processing lines that have been set up as a modular system and are connected to one another. This enables a cascaded use of the materials so that we achieve the highest possible recovery rates. This is not only good for our customers but also for conserving natural resources and protecting the environment.
Our shredder line processes different composite materials, primarily from old electrical and electronic equipment. Pre-sorted materials are cut up and sorted according to their basic components. Following this, they are put through a wide range of physical and sensor-based separation systems, such as eddy current separators and x-ray technology. By doing so, we are able to recover iron, aluminium, zinc, stainless steel, and copper/precious metal mixtures. What’s more, we also separate recyclable plastics.
Our non-ferrous metal separation line treats grades of metal from a whole range of processing systems, such as ELV shredders, e-waste shredders and bulky waste shredders as well as slag and old wood processing facilities. Here, too, a variety of physical separation systems are used in combination with sensor-based sorting technologies to make primary products for the raw materials industry.
We take fine-grained residual material that is generated by drum screens and still contains small amounts of metal from another group of suppliers. Thanks to our multi-stage crushing systems and our years of experience of handling such substances, we are able to recover the metal content from this material as well. We then assess and classify the material – ensuring that we achieve the highest possible metal yield.
We primarily use this line to process the mixed plastics that have been separated by our other treatment systems. The plastics are first separated from any residual materials and non-recyclable plastics. We then deploy further separation stages to produce regrind, such as ABS, PS and PO, that has been strictly separated according to type. These can be used by the plastics processing industry as a high quality recycled raw material to make new products.
Our mission to drive forward sustainability also includes disposing of all residual materials using environmentally sound processes and in accordance with all rules and regulations. Click here to view our EfB certificate
FAQs about our services
We also accept large electrical appliances listed in Collection Group 4. For the most part, though, our
e-waste operations specialise in recycling small appliances and their components. We receive large volumes of these materials. For example, from household recycling centres, dismantling plants and recyclers.
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept cooling appliances listed in Collection Group 1. We are, however, very happy to put you in contact with the specialist companies responsible for dismantling such appliances in the REMONDIS Group.
We only offer our services to business customers. Private individuals are not able to hand in their e-waste to our company. Simply go to your local household recycling centre to support environmentally friendly recycling practices.
In principle, yes. While our ability to recycle cables at our own plant is limited, we do have access to a variety of cable recycling plants via our shareholder TSR.
Apart from a few exceptions (such as cooling appliances), we take everything that contains non-ferrous or ferrous metals in some form or other. If you have such types of waste and need to have them processed, then simply get in touch with us. We’ll always find a solution.
Material delivered to our plant is classified by our staff when it arrives and recorded using calibrated weighing equipment. The precise value of the waste stream depends on a whole number of factors, such as quality, mixture and particle size. We recommend that you send us pictures of your material when you send us your enquiry. That enables us to estimate its value beforehand. You can, though, always rely on us to manage our evaluation and reimbursement process as transparently as possible.
Our procurement & sales team
Christian Lenfert
Procurement
Marc Jahner
Procurement, Sales
Daniel Coesfeld
Procurement, Sales, Re-Use
Ergin Yüce
Procurement
Alexander Neuhaus
Procurement
