Institut für Energie und Kreislaufwirtschaft (IEKrW)

Waste management and recycling

The institute executes waste sorting analysis of various types of waste (municipal waste, recyclables, commercial and industrial waste) for companies and public bodies regularly and analysis recycling opportunities. Our further fields of activity include amongst others the development of operational and municipal waste disposal concepts, investigations for optimization of waste management plants (e.g. MBT, waste heating plants, biogas plants, composting plants) as well as material and energetic waste recycling, supporting analysis for the commissioning of technical plants and material flow analysis.

Waste sorting analysis

2023 – 2024	Sorting and degression analysis of residual waste from private households in a large city in northern Germany
2023	Sorting analysis of bio waste in a rural district in Lower Saxony
2022 – 2023	Quantity analysis of residual waste in the production of a car manufacturer in Northern Germany
2022	Sorting analysis of bio waste in a rural district in Lower Saxony
2022	Sorting analysis of bio waste in a rural district in Schleswig-Holstein
2022	Sorting analysis and laboratory tests on different waste fractions from industry and development of new disposal options
2022	Carrying out a sorting analysis of organic waste in a rural district in Lower Saxony
2022	Sorting analysis of bio waste in a rural district in Lower Saxony
2022	Sorting analysis of bio waste in a city in Lower Saxony
2021	Sorting analysis of household waste and bio waste in a rural district in Lower Saxony
2021	Sorting analysis and laboratory tests of lightweight packaging and commercial waste sorting residues from waste processing plants in Bremen
2019	Sorting analysis of waste paper from municipal collection for a city in Lower Saxony
2018 – 2019	Sorting analysis of residual waste for a city in Lower Saxony
2018	Sorting analysis of commercial waste from a commercial waste sorting plant
2018	Sorting analysis on commercial waste of a car manufacturer in Bremen
2017	Sorting analysis of different paper types of a paper mill in northern Germany
2015	Sorting analysis of waste paper from municipal collection
2013	Sorting analysis to capture the proportion of small electrical appliances in the residual waste

Further selected references

2023 – 2027	Demonstration of a new circular waste treatment process with higher recycling rates and a smart customised production of alternative fuel from unrecyclable fractions
2023 – 2024	Recycling of organic and mineral components in residual and commercial waste in the Northwest Metropolitan Region
2023 – 2024	Consulting services for the conversion of a biowaste fermentation plant to a residual waste fermentation plant
2023	Further development and expansion of a database for forecasting future waste from wind turbines
2022 – 2024	Services for creating a corporate carbon footprint (CCF) for a waste management company in northern Germany
2022	Implementation and organization of the conference “Recycling of post-consumer plastic waste” as part of the project “Network building to strengthen companies and promote more sustainable production through the recycling of plastics
2021	Laboratory tests on waste from industry and development of new disposal options
2021	Preparation of CO2 balances for waste treatment and wastewater plants in North Rhine-Westphalia
2021	Revision of waste management concept of a small city in northern Germany
2020 – 2022	Applied environmental research (AUF program): RecyleWind 2.0
2020 – 2021	AI lighthouses for the environment, climate, nature and resources: AI and robotics for a sustainable circular economy (SmartRecycling)
2020	Concept generation for the establishment of a recycling and disposal centre for onshore and offshore wind turbines in Bremerhaven
2019	Determination of the calorific value of sorting residues from commercial waste treatment
2018	Studies on the state of construction waste utilization in Bremen
2012 – 2013	Development of a waste management concept for the offshore wind industry in northern Germany
2008	Inventory, documentation and monitoring of a company’s internal use or a sale of a waste treatment facility
2006 – 2007	Scientific support for the implementation of the concept for the adoption of loose residual waste
2006 – 2007	Accompanying investigations to the commissioning of mechanical-biological waste treatment plant in northern Germany
2005	Accompanying investigations to the commissioning of a MBT