Environment

Taking responsibility for the future


The name BEMO Systems - part of MAAS stands for a responsible approach to the environment and to the use of non-renewable raw materials and energy. We achieve this by:

  • minimal consumption of resources in our production systems and processes 
  • development of environmentally friendly products 
  • use of environmentally friendly recycling processes that cause minimal
  • disruption to our natural surroundings 
  • adherence to a sophisticated environment management program 
  • climate protection 
  • reduction in pollution emissions

 

Recycling for the environment

Aluminum is a valuable industrial resource. Because the recycling process does not degrade aluminum, new profiles or other high quality products can be made from scrap profiles. Energy consumption for the recycling process is up to 95 percent lower than for primary production. Salts used during recycling to bind contamination in scrap can also be recovered. Saving materials for recycling reduces the volume of material delivered to refuse sites.

The amount of secondary aluminium in circulation continues to grow. The recycling rate in the construction industry is 85 percent.

 

Managing the environment

Environmental awareness is evident in nearly all companies in the aluminum industry. BEMO Systems sophisticated environmental management system ensures that environmental requirements are systematically integrated into all planning, operational and monitoring activities. Particular emphasis is placed on production-related environmental protection to assure compliance with legal requirements and regulations relating to operating permits and emission control limits. Legally mandated environmental protection has been replaced in recent years by a corporate environment policy that focuses on the company's own environmental protection goals. These policies look at environmental issues throughout the entire product life cycle.

 

Going easy on resources

Our goal is to preserve non-renewable resources for future generations. The following is the framework used by the aluminum industry:

  • recycling 
  • preservation of raw materials  
  • use of renewable sources of energy  
  • reduction of waste and emissions

Continuous reduction in material usage while retaining the same functionality makes a further contribution to the preservation of resources. Ongoing improvements are being made in the way materials are used, reducing raw material usage, waste and emission volumes.

 

Climatic precautions

Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and protection of the earth's atmosphere are two of our most important goals. The aluminum industry has succeeded in reducing the amount of energy used in its production processes. Since energy costs make up a large portion of the overall cost of primary production, it is in our own interest to minimise electricity consumption.

Greenhouse gases that are generated during the production of primary aluminum are carbon dioxide and -particularly- perfluorohydrocarbons. The German aluminum industry has submitted a declaration to the German Environmental Protection Ministry that it will reduce emission of perfluorohydrocarbons by at least 50%.

 

Reduction of waste and emission

The following are the most important measures that have helped the industry achieve a drastic reduction in pollution emissions:

  • Continued improvement of furnace technology in the fusion electrolysis process.
  • Process control optimization and quality control of raw materials. 
  • Modern filter technologies in production and metalworking plants that trap 99 percent of gaseous and dust-borne fluorides in the primary aluminum industry. 
  • Trapping filter dust during recycling of aluminum scrap. 
  • High-tech treatment of exhaust gas at recycling plants to prevent generation of any dioxins or furans resulting from organic deposits on scrap material.  

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