Underground reutilisation facility Bernburg

Underground reutilisation facility Zielitz

Reutilisation process

• In an above-ground plant the wastes are processed into a special mining backfill mixture.
• Via a fallpipe they are then transported underground, and are deposited in the caverns by dump trucks.
• They are then covered with salt.
• Big bags are used as components in bulk back-filling or stacked in residual cavities through stacking backfill.

Reutilisation process

• Wastes delivered by silo lorries are transshipped in stationary silos.
• In a closed system the wastes are automatically bagged.
• The wastes are transported underground in containers.
• There, they are deposited in the caverns.

Delivery and packing

• in bulk or in big bags
• trucks

Delivery and packing

• in bulk
• truck 

Certificates

• Qualified waste management facility (Efb)

Beginning of operation: 1992
Annual capacity: 210,000 tons

Beginning of operation: 2008
Annual capacity: 60,000 tons