DELA Recycling Breaks Ground on Recycling Facility in Germany

DELA Recycling und Umwelttechnik, a recycling company headquartered in Essen, Germany, has broken ground on a 35,000 square meter resource recovery center in Dorsten, Germany.

“Our focus is on the recovery of valuable raw materials, including much-needed rare earth (metals)," says Christian Bonmann, a DELA director. "Even in the face of dwindling resources, this is an important contribution to sustainability."

In choosing the locations, representatives from DELA say the space is ideally situated for both logistics and distribution reasons.

The total cost of the new facility will be around $20.6 million. The company says that the groundbreaking comes after the company received a building permit in mid January. The construction project is expected to be completed by June 2011. When operational, the company hopes to increase the recovery of non-ferrous metals from 3,000 metric tons per year to 30,000 metric tons of non-ferrous metals per year.

Dela, founded in 1989, has locations in Essen, Bad Oeynhausen and Beckum, Germany. The company provides recycling solutions for demanding tasks of modern industrial enterprises. The company treats metal, mercury and plastic-containing waste, extracting raw materials such as glass, metals and mercury. Waste treatment includes fluorescent lamps / energy saving lamps, sludge, activated carbon, soil / rubble, batteries, catalysts and plastics.