Walking the CO2 talk: DESPRAY & A.R.T. just did it

While many people talk about sustainability and CO2 reduction, DESPRAY and Aerosol Recycling Twente have simply done it. With a so-called ‘closed-loop’ innovation, they not only reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 100 ton per year using the captured gas from waste aerosol cans. This means 100% reusable gas. Waste = energy!

At Aerosol Recycling Twente, 6 to 10 million (10,000,000!) aerosol cans are recycled annually into metal bricks, liquids, and gas. This captured gas will now be used directly with a DESPRAY recycling machine to heat a large part of the production facility in Almelo. This translates to an annual savings of approximately €30,000 on normal annual gas consumption.

Waste aerosol cans as raw material
The DESPRAY patented aerosol recycling technology has been around for quite some time. The machines not only recycle precious metals, liquids, and gases but also do so 100%. Numerous installations have been installed worldwide and have already recycled nearly 700,000,000 aerosol cans.

“Now that we’ve proven that this system works perfectly, safely, and easily, and contributes to CO2 targets, we expect it to be not just a nice story for our current and future customers, but also a product available for many more applications in global industries,” says Eelco.