1. Müller‐Guttenbrunn Gro
oup WEEE recycle
W
The Müüller‐Guttenbbrunn is a well‐known and established recyc cler of End‐
‐of‐Life‐Vehicles and
Electronics (WEEE) in the Central and East
tern Europe region. Today the Müller‐Gutt
ean tenbrunn
Group re
ecycles som 850 000 MT’s of mat
me terial, thus saving appro
oximately 1 Million MT’ of CO2
’s
emission
ns a year, wh
hich is the eqquivalent of aa city of som
me 100 000 in nhabitants.
The Euro
opean Union n is working hard to commplete the pr
reparation of the implemmentation off the new
WEEE Diirective and the increasee of not only
y the WEEE recycling vo
olume target
ts, but espec
cially also
the WEEE recycling quota targets, were the ultimat reasons for our gro
g te oup to incre
ease the
ents in WEEE
investme E recycling.
Müller‐GGuttenbrunn developed the patente Smasher(T technolog to guaran
ed TM)
gy ntee an effe
ective de‐
pollution of the elec
n ctronic wastes. This tec
chnology has now been implemente in several parts of
s ed l
Europe aand it has shown to be an effective d de‐pollution s
step for WEE
EE.
In October the MG opened
GG
the new E‐Waste recycling
e
near Arad in Romania
facility n
and this investment was made
t
exactly in the reg gion where
Adam M Müller‐Gutte enbrunn –
writer and first dire
ector of the
Vienna Volksoper – moved
away from in 1879 This E‐
9.
Waste f facility offe best in
ers
class reccycling technologies to
serve th Central a
he and Eastern
European markets.
Within the MGG gro oup, Metran continued to o invest in te
echnology too separate an nd concentra
ate WEEE
typical fr
ractions such
h as printed circuit boar ds, copper aand fractions ch in precious metals.
s that are ric
During the current year another 1.5 Mio Euro o were inves sted to further develop t hese capabilities.
2005, just a year after the implem entation of the first
In 2
WEE Directiv
EE ve, Müller‐G Guttenbrunn invested in the
n
creaation of a pla astics recycli y and MBA Polymers
ing capability
Aust tria is now recycling ov 40000 M
ver MT’s of plast from
tics
WEE This inve
EE. estment alloowed Müller r‐Guttenbrun Group
nn
to ooffer the world’s best po ossible recyclling quota wwithin the
elecctronic wast categories Several brands of electronic
te s. e
prodducers are using MBA Polymers’’ REACH an RoHS
A nd
commpliant plastics such as Electrolux a nd Nespress With
so.
thesse capabilitie es the MGG group even offers the p possibility
to c
close the looop for OEM and pro
M’s oducers of electronic
e
prodducts. For more infor rmation abo out MBA Polymers:
P
www.shft.com
http://w m/watching/
/the‐big‐shft‐‐mike‐biddle e‐plastics‐piooneer/
Müller‐Guttenbrunn Group
Industriestraß 12, A‐3300 Amstetten, Aus
ße A stria
Tel: 074722/64181, Fax: 07
7472/64181‐38

2. Müller‐Guttenbrunn Gro
oup WEEE recycle
W
With the new re‐ca of the WEEE Direct
ast W tive and the current de
e evelopments regarding recycling
s
complian and env
nce vironmental standards, it was clear that (1) the volumes of WEEE in Europe will
t t
grow and that (2) th quota will in crease in the coming years and that
he recycling q t (3) legal compliance
easingly be im
will incre mportant an
nd a decisive factor for th
he treatment t of WEEE.
Müller‐GGuttenbrunn has decided d to continuee its’ investm
ments in thes se area’s in order to bec
come the
key play in the Ce
yer entral and Eastern Euro
E opean region for the rec
n cycling of W
WEEE and cu
urrently a
dedicate WEEE shr
ed redding plan is being b
nt built on the grounds of the Müller‐G
g t Guttenbrunn Group’s
n
Amstette en plant.
The pictures below give an impression of th his current in nvestment that is being made. The shredder
e the capability effective
will have ely shred pra
actically all ty
ypes of WEEE as well as some other fractions
and will have a capa
acity of 80 000 MT’s. Thhe pictures b below give an impressionn of this new
w facility,
which wwill be operational in Febr
ruary 2013.
The Müller‐Guttenbr runn Group w e to be ahead of the developments in
will continue n the area off ELV and
WEEE reecycling in th Central European reg
he E gion and exp
pects that th new inve
his estment will create a
fantastic
c momentum m for the group.
Contact for WEEE recycling for th
he group: Chris Slijk
khuis
Tel.: +43‐664‐357 15 22
+
Mail: slijkhuis@mu
s ueller‐gutten
nbrunn.at
Müller‐Guttenbrunn Group
Industriestraß 12, A‐3300 Amstetten, Aus
ße A stria
Tel: 074722/64181, Fax: 07
7472/64181‐38