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Lägerdorf & Mendiger Plants
Waste

From waste dust to a very

special binder GERMANY Cement

Opportunity Results
Develop a new product • In the first year, 3,500
portfolio of special binders tonnes of bypass dust were
for ground stabilization by converted from landfill
utilizing volcanic tuff and waste, resulting in savings of
bypass dust, which also offers approximately 100,000 CHF
an environmentally friendly • A new silo was constructed,
solution for managing kiln and logistics processes were
bypass dust from cement established to transport
plants. bypass dust from cement
plants to a newly acquired site Thorsten Hahn
Solution with trass deposits CEO
Mix significant quantities • As part of the ongoing
of bypass dust from the project, we are fine-tuning
Lägerdorf plant with volcanic the product mix for final
tuff to create a new binder tests and approvals, with
specifically designed for the goal of eventually
strengthening humid soils converting all surplus
and stabilizing ground. This bypass dust from German
innovative product is already cement plants into the new
being used at our sites, soil stabilizer Miriam Sommerfeld
Head of
both improving the ground Environment
stability and diverting waste
from landfills.

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