CDE has announced it will highlight the role of its technology in supporting the circular economy at bauma 2022.
The wet processing solutions specialist will be joined by a number of its European customers for a series of round table discussions on the future of recycling, and, as part of the bauma exhibitor forum on October 24, will deliver a lecture on the topic of ‘Creating valuable in-spec products from CD&E waste’.
Eunan Kelly, CDE’s head of business development for north west Europe, said, “In the current economic and social climate, with materials costs rising, resources depleting, and regulations calling for the adoption of sustainable solutions, we should look to the technology of today to produce the sustainable construction materials of tomorrow; how CDE’s waste recycling solutions in their trademark blue can support the industry to transform CD&E waste into certified, in-spec sand and aggregates.”
Materials shortages and rising costs have been exacerbated by the pandemic. Christoph Baier, CDE’s business development manager for the DACH region, commented, “Every day we continue to extract our fast-depleting natural resources to support rapid urbanisation and our modern, technological lifestyles. Essential to this is sand, the second most consumed natural resource after water and the most consumed solid material on earth.”
In April, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) published 10 recommendations to avert the sand crisis and referenced how the use of sand, gravel, crushed stone and aggregates has tripled in the last two decades.
“This, in the context of projected increases in global populations and urban living, demonstrates how demand will only rise, while resources will only deplete, unless we adopt long-term attitudinal, regulatory and technological change to ensure not only the sustainability of companies within the construction sector – and with it the livelihoods of those employed within it – but also the sustainability of the very planet,” Christoph added. “It’s clear the consequences of a linear take, make and waste economy are catching up to us.”
CDE added that it supports materials processors to realise the value locked in CD&E waste. Using wet processing technologies that scrub material, float off lightweights (demolition debris) and classify end products, this waste stream can be repurposed to produce washed materials that are free of contaminants and suitable for use in construction projects.
To date, CDE explained that its solutions have supported companies around the world to divert over 100 million tonnes from landfill.
At bauma, CDE said it will use a combination of 3D animations, 360-degree virtual tours, 3D-printed models and augmented reality, to introduce a new way of immersing visitors in its process engineering expertise and some of its most innovative projects and products, including the AggMax and EvoWash technologies.
