The German plant operator EEW Energy from Waste has started construction work on a pre-sorting plant for mixed municipal and commercial waste at its site in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The company said that this facility is to have an annual capacity of 150,000 tonnes and start operating in 2026. The goal of the new pre-sorting process is to further decarbonise the waste to energy (wte) process and unlock new potential for recycling.
"Extracting resources from waste is essential for a closed-loop circular economy, so it is becoming increasingly important," noted Timo Poppe, EEW’s CEO, in comments made on the fringes of IFAT, the global trade fair for environmental technology which took place last week in Munich. "For this reason and given our sustainability commitment to make more waste accessible for recycling processes, we are building a pre-sorting plant for commingled municipal and commercial waste," Timo Poppe added. "Our goal is to be climate-neutral by 2030."...
