Throw away production waste? OBO recycles
Increase in the material recycling component in extrusion
At OBO, production waste is not simply thrown away but, wherever possible, is recycled and put back into the production process. An example of this is at the extrusion plant at the OBO location in Bösperde.
In extrusion, OBO uses only high-quality raw materials, as it does in many other areas of the company. One of them is the universal plastic PVC, which is used, for example, in the production of wiring ducts and cable trunking. Thanks to an innovative recycling process, the material can be used more efficiently.
Some 90% of the start-up waste and stamping waste can be fed back into the extrusion process as so-called regenerate material. A complex recycling method, along with the corresponding plant systems, ensures that the material quality of the 1,600 tonnes of PVC regenerate material produced each year stays the same.
That’s not the only benefit – at the same time, energy is also saved. To be more precise:
- 718 tonnes of oil
- 543 tonnes of gas
- 192 tonnes of coal
This corresponds to a reduction in CO02 emissions of 1,917 tonnes per year.
The project aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
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