At Stena Nordic Recycling we take care of the most difficult to recycle materials and do it in more efficient ways than ever before. Resources that were previously lost can now be used to manufacture new products, or provide energy sources for industry. Thanks to the large quantities of raw material that we return into circulation, this facility makes a vital contribution to the circular economy and a more sustainable society. Recycling also helps to save large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions.
Complex products from both households and industries are fed into the plant at a steady pace. These products include computers, phones, tv:s, cars and trucks. The common factor is that they all contain a wide range of materials, representing a major challenge for recyclers.
The materials are treated in a series of technologically advanced processes. They occur at high speed with the greatest possible accuracy. What comes from our mills, magnets, sieves and sensors is a wide range of raw materials that are delivered back to industry, both in Sweden and the rest of the world.
This makes the Stena Nordic Recycling Center a game changer in recycling.
Reducing wasteRecycling cars and other complex products always results in leftover waste that must be deposited on landfill sites. Processing at the Stena Nordic Recycling Center reduces the amount of waste sent for landfill by half compared with previously used methods.
The perfect locationLocating the Stena Nordic Recycling Center in Halmstad did not happen by chance. Access to efficient road and rail networks, as well as the port, provides optimal conditions for the transportation of materials to and from the site. Concentrating processes at one location also reduces CO2 emissions.
CollaboratioNCollaborating with customers, universities, suppliers and other partners leads to the continuous development of new technology. Our goal at the Stena Nordic Recycling Center is to extract more useful resources and create sustainable value for our customers and society as a whole.
STENA RECYCLING LABStena Recycling Lab is dedicated to expanding expertise, testing new recycling technology and developing new productss. It is located at the heart of Stena Nordic Recycling Center and offers physical testing facilities to entrepreneurs, researchers and students. Our goal is to stimulate and accelerate the innovation and development of new technology, products and services.
Here, stainless steel, copper, aluminium and other non-magnetic metals are separated from each other. This mixture comes from vehicles and other complex products - including those from municipal recycling stations. Before processing, the materials are ground into smaller pieces in a powerful shredder.
Shredder Light Fraction (SLF) is a tangled, difficult to sort residue that occurs when vehicles and other complex products are ground in shredders. It consists of textiles, foam rubber, wood and small fragments of plastic and metal, which, in the past, was mostly sent to landfill sites. Thanks to new technology at the Stena Nordic Recycling Center, a large proportion of the metal content can now be recycled. Much of the other material can be used as high-quality fuel for energy-intensive industries, or in the production of district heating and electricity.
All the electronic products sent to the Stena Nordic Recycling Center are handled by specially trained personnel. They remove all hazardous waste, such as batteries and components containing mercury and PCB, so that no environmentally harmful substances enter the recycling process. This is carried out manually as there are currently no automated processes that can assure high-quality results.
Many electronics products contain screens and other components that still function. At the Reuse Department, these are extracted and tested before being delivered to electronics manufacturers, where they can live on in new products.
Decontaminated electronic products are processed in an advanced, automated system. Copper and aluminum fractions are extracted, along with circuit boards containing gold and silver. Even plastics are extracted into a recyclable fraction. Plastic containing brominated flame retardant can be used as fuel.
Here, new raw materials are produced by recycling plastic from electronic products and packaging film. The recycled plastic raw material is equivalent to the raw material produced by oil. The major advantage is that fossil resources are saved when existing plastics can be used again.
Jörgen Andersson
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The Stena Nordic Recycling Center is the Group's largest ever investment.
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