CEWEP/EAA seminar

PRESS RELEASE

From Ashes to Metals: Recycling from Waste-to-Energy bottom ashes contributes to a more ‘resource efficient’ Europe.
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Environmentally sound waste management is a key element in ensuring resource efficiency, sustainable growth and climate protection.

CEWEP’s (Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants) members are committed to ensuring high environmental standards. Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants treat waste which remains after waste prevention and recycling producing energy from it.

Bottom ash which is the residue from the combustion process can be further recovered. Both ferrous and non-ferrous metals can be extracted and recycled, and the other remaining materials can be used as a secondary aggregate in road construction and concrete.
This is how WtE plants can further reduce the environmental impact of waste and improve Europe’s resource efficiency, using unavoidable waste as a resource wherever possible.

The Packaging Group of the European Aluminium Association (EAA) is dedicated to increase the recycling and recovery performances of used aluminium packaging, including aluminium recycling from bottom ashes. The EAA Packaging Group is actively supporting a 80% recycling target Europe-wide for all metal packaging and the additional quantities from bottom ashes will certainly help to achieve this goal.

In order to show how WtE plants help to achieve a resource efficient Europe CEWEP together with the EAA will hold a seminar “From ashes to metals - Bottom ash from Waste-to-Energy plants as a material resource” on 5–6 September 2011, in Copenhagen.

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

• Global economics of bottom ash processing – Dr. Ulrich Kohaupt, Consultant Modern Eddy Current Technologies

• Resource efficiency of bottom ash – Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. Fabian Stenzel, TU Munich

• Potential for increased aluminium recovery – François Pruvost, Consultant to EAA

• Wet extraction of bottom ashes in WtE plants – Arjan Kok, Boskalis Dolman bv.

• Dry extraction of bottom ashes in WtE plants – Pierre Ammann, VBSA

• Treatment of bottom ashes and turning them into valuable products – Arno La Haye, Inashco

• Processing of Fine Bottom Ash with the next generation EC Separators - Jan Groothoff, Recco bv

• NF extraction by various detection-ejection techniques – Christian Pak, Titech

• Bottom ash recycling: recovery of aluminium and further use as construction material - Jaap Steketee, Tauw bv

• Italian experience with cement and construction blocks production – Prof. Mario Grosso, Politecnico di Milano

• Criteria for bottom ash utilisation in connection of End-of-Waste - Ole Hjelmar, member of TC351, DHI