HEROS Sluiskil B.V.: Expertise on 53 hectares

Beitrag zur Kreislaufwirtschaft

Already in 2023, the Dutch government published its timeline for a waste-free economy. The aim: Finding smarter and more efficient ways of using products and raw materials in order to half the material consumption by 2030 and fully close the material cycles by 2050. The Netherlands focuses on four issues, detailed in the National Circular Economy Programme.

• Reducing raw material usage
• Substituting raw materials
• Extending product life
• High-grade processing

Preparing for the new era, our Dutch subsidiary, HEROS Sluiskil B. V., has developed its own masterplan. As producer of one million tonnes of secondary resources from waste per year, its ideas and engagement are clearly an important contribution to closing material cycles. What pace this will involve for our team, becomes clear taking a look at the technical developments of HEROS over the last 12 years.

The Dutch government has set itself the goal of completing the transition to a circular economy by 2050.

Site expansion

• Acquisition of 8 ha of land in 2021
• Development of new storage space as part of the capacity expansion

Non-ferrous plant

• Construction 2017
• Dry processing of non-ferrous fractions 2–12 mm
• Separation of heavy and light metals
• Service for all European plants of the REMEX Group

Waste water treatment plant

• Expansion 2023
• Biological treatment of the process and waste water from HEROS
• Provision of capacity for third parties

Multi-functional sieving plant

• Construction 2012/13
• 3D sieving
• Processing of minerals for the production of Granumix types A, B, C and Immomix

Laboratory

• Determination of quantities, content and quality of metals
• Testing of chemical and physical properties of minerals
• Certificates, i.a. BRL 2307, BRL 2507, BRL 9322

Scrap metal processing plant

• Processing of fine to coarse iron- and stainless steel scrap and coarse non-ferrous scrap from slag
• Scanning cabin, sieves and copper separator

Washing plant

• Construction 2018
• Two dynamic washing units
• Salt and metal reduction of minerals for the production of CombiMix, DrainMix and Granumix Type G
• Separation of the fine fraction 0–2 mm
• Recovery of heavy metals

Pre-treatment washing plant

• Construction 2023
• Pre-treatment plant for the dynamic washing of bottom ash
• Reduction of salt and chromium

Central bottom ash processing plant

• Expansion 2017
• Addition of six non-ferrous metal separators and MERIT technology
• Increase in non-ferrous metal recovery
• Expansion 2020 for better separation of non-combustible material

Basse Sambre loading lane

• Renewal 2023
• Conveyor belt and loading unit for ships
• For the distribution of mineral construction materials