en.Wedoany.com Reported - Dutch family business Van de Beeten's new waste recycling and washing plant, now in its final construction phase, is designed and built by CDE. Once operational, it will further enhance material recovery rates and operational efficiency, marking the company's latest move in the circular economy sector.

Founded in 1940 and headquartered in Veghel, the Netherlands, Van de Beeten started with agricultural and contracting services and has since grown into a comprehensive civil engineering and materials company, employing around 250 people across multiple operational sites. The company has already ventured into circular economy activities, including the production of secondary construction materials such as crushed concrete. The Netherlands aims to achieve a fully circular economy by 2050.

This CDE wet processing plant has a design capacity of 120 tonnes per hour. The project is partly funded by a grant from the Dutch Ministry of Climate and Green Growth and is expected to be commissioned and fully operational later in 2026.

The plant will receive secondary aggregates, crushed concrete, railway ballast, and other material streams from the company's existing crushing and pre-screening facilities. The material streams will be processed separately rather than as a mixed feed to more effectively remove contaminants and improve the quality and yield of the product range, including 0-2 mm, 0-4 mm, and 4-8 mm gradings, which are used in applications such as road paving and concrete sand.

The project was signed in 2025, shortly after the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency released the "Integratal Circular Economy Report" (ICER). The report notes that the Netherlands has not yet succeeded in significantly reducing raw material usage, and the target of halving primary raw material consumption by 2030 may not be achieved. Aldert Hanemaaijer, one of the ICER project leaders, stated that despite the challenges, there remain "ample opportunities."

Allan Esmann, Business Development Manager at CDE, said: "To reduce our dependence on raw materials, we need to demonstrate strong market demand for secondary materials. The key is to elevate the quality of recycled materials to a level equal to or even higher than that of primary quarried materials."