Levien Recycling

OVER 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN RECYCLING

We are a family business that has grown in the region , and are available to you as a reliable partner and modern service provider in all questions

all about disposal and recycling .

COMPANY HISTORY 1961 - 2012

1961      
Osnabrück footpath cleaning (Rolf Lüder) was taken over by  Bernhard Levien

1968

Levien Städtereinigung was re-established with its headquarters in Osnabrück,
initially winter service and machine street cleaning in Münster

1971 Moving into Hakenstrasse in Osnabrück
Street cleaning and container service in Osnabrück

1973 Purchase of the property at Kiefernweg 19.
Construction of company premises

1974
Relocation from Hakenstraße to Kiefernweg 19 in the Eversburg industrial area

1979
New establishment of the Levien Recycling plant
Purchase of a plot of land on Hansastraße in Osnabrück (paper processing)
 
1984
Purchase of the first plot of land at Carl-Stolcke-Str. 2 with

2,500 square meters of hall space

1985
Relocation of the Levien Recycling plant from Hansastraße to Carl-Stolcke-Str. 2

1992
Extension of the Kiefernweg with the construction of a new processing hall

1994
Entry Dirk Levien in the company

1995
Purchase of the second plot of land at Carl-Stolcke-Str 6th

1996
Construction of a 1,000 square meter warehouse on the Carl-Stolcke-Str. 6th

1996
Certification of the company according to ISO DIN 9002

1998
Purchase of plots 2a - 4 by Bernhard Levien and Dirk Levien

1998
Merging of Kiefernweg to Carl-Stolcke-Straße and sale of the Kiefernweg property

1998
Founding of today's

Levien Industrial Waste Management and Raw Material Recycling GmbH

Development of the transport of volume containers for light bulk goods, PET bottles and PP lids

1999
Construction of substitute fuel processing with a capacity of 5,000 t per year.

Construction of a commercial waste sorting plant for paper and film sorting and handling of various waste with a capacity of 87.5 t per day

2000
Expansion of the commercial waste sorting plant to 350 t per day and the associated increase in substitute fuel processing to 10,000 t per year

2002
Certification of waste management company
EGRW. (Download PDF)

2003
Takeover of sole management and 100% of the shares by Dirk Levien
and takeover of plots 2 a - 6

Dirk Levien
Purchase of the property opposite Carl-Stolcke-Str. 5

Expansion of substitute fuel capacity to 25,000 t per year

2005
Due to the regulation TA-Siedlungsabfall and the related ban on storing waste in landfills, expansion of the RDF capacity to 25,000 t per year

2006
Purchase of the property at Carl-Stolcke-Str. 2 by Dirk Levien from Bernhard Levien

2007
Expansion of the RDF capacity to 50,000 t

2008
Conversion of the vehicle fleet to EURO 5 in view of the truck toll increase in 2009
2010

Relocation of the administration to the new administration building as well as construction of a new 18 m 50 t truck scale

2011 

Demolition of the old building as well as planning of the extension of the RDF processing and construction of further warehouses

2012 
Exchange of the baling press for a two-chamber press from Paal Osnabrück

2013 
Purchase of a plot of land on Klöckner Str, resulting in new truck parking space and expansion of the covered storage area from 4000 square meters to 7500 square meters