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COMET GROUP
Substitution sand in road engineering, a product from the recycling of Shredder Residues of Metallic wastes
Sand: recycled more efficient than the natural
Hervé Demoulin
COMET GROUP HIGHLIGHTS
Family group
Mainly active in Belgiumand France
2 shredding sites :
Chatelet Mons
8 PST plants for the recovery of secondary raw
material out of both shredder light and heavy
fractions
380 workers
R&D team :15 persons
The COMET Group was born from a Belgian industrial company, family-owned, active in the sector of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and their derivatives.
✓1.200.000 tons processed per year✓97,8% recycling rate
A family group with a Belgian-
French presence
Scraps sorting, Shear, Hand-cutting
METALIC WASTES
ELV WEEE (cat. 2)
Ferrous % 68,5 38
Non ferrous % 8,5 28
Plastics % 16,5 19
Glass % 2,5 4
Wood % - 1
Fluids % 2,0 -
Other % 2,0 10
EU objectives % 95 (2015) 50 to 90
But also :
METALIC WASTES
Light SR (Fluff)
Dismantling / depollution SortingShredder
Air Succion
Magnetic separation
Heavy SR
Shredded Iron Scrap
METALIC WASTE RECYCLING : SHREDDING
END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES
✓ Over 98% recycling via our subsidiary
RECYCAR
✓ RECYCAR was the first approved
centre in Wallonia for internal
combustion engine vehicles and then
also the first for hybrid and electric
vehicles.
✓ Meticulous depollution: fluids (oil, fuel,
coolant, brake fluid) batteries, oil filters,
etc.
✓ The vehicles then head for our
shredders: the engines in Châtelet and
the carcass in Obourg.
W.E.E.E. (WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS)
✓ We process 3 types of WEEE:
✓ White household appliances: washing
machines, dishwashers, tumble dryers, boilers...
✓ Small household appliances (Pam):
microwaves, computers, toasters, irons, etc.
✓ Refrigerating equipment: fridge, freezer, etc.
✓ Specific manual treatment before shredding:
dismantling of dangerous components
(capacitors, mercury bulbs, neon tubes, batteries,
print cartridges, elements containing asbestos, etc.)
and components with a high content value
(printed circuits, processors, computer hard drives,
coolers, etc.).
✓ In the specific case of refrigerators, gases and
fluids are rigorously collected with a view to their
decontamination.
✓ 15,000 tonnes / year of small and large householdappliances, fridges and more recently solar panels.
✓ Dismantling in our COMET Services workshops (social andprofessional integration).
✓ Our tools enable us to achieve unparalleled
production performance thanks to our 7,000 HP
shredder at our Obourg site and a 3,000 HP
shredder specifically for shredding thermal
engines and WEEE at our Châtelet site.
✓ The shredder in Mons (Obourg) is the most
powerful in the European Union. Its capacity is
close to 300 car bodies/hour.
METALIC WASTE RECYCLING : SHREDDING
77 % ferrous
Heavy Shredder Residues
Input 100%
Shredder
Light Shredder Residues
Shredder residues : a mine of secondary ores
Europe : 10 Mt per year of renewable ores
Homogenous mix of non ferrous metals, rubber, plastics, inerts, etc.
Heterogeneous mix of textiles, plastics, foam, wood and fines particles
Mainly landfilled
until the 90’s
Recovery rate :
> 95 %
METALIC WASTE RECYCLING : SHREDDING
WHAT’S IN IT?
FERROUS 77.0%
FERROUS 1.2%
NON-FERROUS 3.8%
PLASTICS 3.8%
MINERAL FRACTION 5.2%
IRON OXIDES 2.3%
PHOENIX 4.5%
FINAL RESIDUES 2.2%
OTHERS 23.0%
Shredder residue
Ferrous Ferrous Non-ferrous Plastics Mineral fraction Iron Oxydes Phoenix Final residues
Recycling rate : 97.8 % (2019)
RECOVERY OF SHREDDER RESIDUES
Plastics Wood, foam
Regrinds for compounds
to EEA, Automotive,
Water treatment parts,…
Alternative Fuels,
Energy, Char
Non-ferrous
metals
Robotic Sorting in
pure Fractions
97,8%
Iron Oxides
Iron ore for
cement industry
▪ Development and industrialization of a
Specific PST plant to recycle the
mineral fraction of the Shredder
Residues : stones, glass, ceramic,
concrete,…
▪ Quality approved by the SPW
Infrastructure
MINERAL FRACTION TO RECYCLED SAND
Recognized in the Qualiroutes
MINERAL FRACTION TO RECYCLED SAND
MINERAL FRACTION TO RECYCLED SAND
• Physico-chemical properties superior to natural marine
sand that improve the strength of bituminous asphalt
• An environmental gain, by reducing the pressure exerted on
a scarce natural resource
• A contribution to the challenges of mobility and reduction
of CO2 emissions related to transport, given the local
circularity solution.
97,8%
➢ Collection, dismantling and recycling of solar panels
➢ Professional integration programme with company Recma
RENEWABLE ENERGY : SOLAR PANELS
Al Cu
But also :75% of glass
Dismantling
Shredding
Purified glass
