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Aschaffenburg in the Main lowlands is particularly good for cycling. The ‘City cycling’ nationwide campaign is designed to get people enthusiastic about bike riding, for example, on their way to work. In the period from 26.06.-16.07.2017, the registered participants collect points for every kilometre cycled. There are team and individual rankings.

British authorities issued the necessary permit to recycle catalytic converters for our office in Slinfold in November 2016. ‘At the early stage we contacted the consulting firm Wiser Environment that guided us along the whole way to get the permit from Environmental Agency’, explains Frank Rettinger, Managing Director of Hensel Recycling (UK) Ltd. in Slinfold.

Hensel Recycling and Heraeus signed a long-term cooperation contract for the processing of precious metals containing material. Heraeus will recycle precious metal containing material collected by Hensel Recycling, taking over the corporate division Vino Plasma in Karlstein (near Aschaffenburg) for this purpose. Vino Plasma operates one of the world's most modern plasma smelting furnaces for the recovery of platinum group metals (platinum, palladium, rhodium), mostly from automotive catalysts.

From the 29 November to 2 December 2016 Pollutec, the international environmental trade fair, took place in Lyon. This year the French office of Hensel Recycling also presented itself.

‚Donation instead of presents’ has been remaining the Christmas motto of Hensel Recycling for many years. Instead of making consumers and business partners Christmas presents the precious-metals-recycling company donated 2.500 euro to Kinderklinik Aschaffenburg e.V.