28 June 2011

Real pioneering work in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Although the recycling economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina is still in its infancy, a company from the city of Srebrenik has now taken the initiative: the first recycling plant in the country in accordance with modern standards has gone into operation. Oil Metal is putting their trust in MeWa as a technology partner.

For several weeks now, the material has been steadily piling up on the premises of Oil Metal in Srebrenik. Old tyres are being stacked in one location, pressed car bodies are delivered to another location and bumpers, dashboards, car seats and harnesses are also accepted by the company.

It is not a matter of course that, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the waste flows are specifically collected and supplied to a recycling facility. The contrary, in fact. Modern recycling centres do not yet exist in this young republic. High commodity prices and legislation by the EU have led to different groups forming which are now dealing with the issue of recycling.

One of those companies is Oil Metal, which is based in the northern city of Srebrenik. Instead of wasting any more time talking about it, they are now trading. The company has recognised the opportunity offered by secondary raw materials management and recently opened the first modern recycling centre in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a republic which has been independent since 1992.

In a first stage of expansion in the new processing plant, MeWa has installed a turnkey pre- and secondary crushing facility with separation technology. Firstly, used tyres, car seats, bumpers and other composite materials are pre-crushed in a MeWa UC 150 rotary shear and are then pelletised to the desired grain sizes using a UG 1000 MSL. Iron, non-ferrous metals and plastics are separated using the separation technology that follows.

In a second stage of expansion, MeWa cutting mills will soon be delivered to the former Yugoslav constituent republic. This will allow Oil Metal to recycle cable waste and tyre pellets. The latter, in a final stage, is further processed into an active finely ground rubber (ActiMeWa). MeWa will provide a complete fine grinding line to Srebrenik.

In this way, a model plant for automobile waste will be created in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2,000 m² of land. Oil Metal can use their own channels to feed the recycled raw materials back into the market again. This group of companies is active in all states of the former Republic of Yugoslavia and also has, among other things, an extensive logistics division. The company now uses this constellation for the collection and transportation of the input and output materials: true pioneering work, following in the footsteps of their technology partner MeWa.