Metal trading, recycling and bulk goods logistics with its own fleet logistics and more than 80,000 t monthly volume
RETRALOG® GmbH
Stade, Germany · Sales representative office FranceNew on Amplifa
About RETRALOG
RETRALOG®, headquartered in Stade, is a specialist in metal trading, recycling and waste management as well as logistics. The company trades in ferrous and non-ferrous metals (Fe/Ne) internationally and transports more than 80,000 t of valuable and residual materials per month with its own fleet, including 90 m³ push-floor/Walking-Floor® semi-trailers. In recycling, waste is recovered, recycled or disposed of, including screen underflow and screen overflow, scrap tyres and various commercial and sorting waste. The range of sawmill by-products includes wood chips, shavings, bedding, bark, compost, soil improvers such as peat and champost, wood fibres, de-icing salt and playground surfaces, delivered free-of-charge to farm or factory as partial or full train loads. Customers come from agriculture, the wood and sawmill industry, energy generation, landscaping, the substrate industry and municipalities. A sales representative office is located in France.
- Site
- Stade
- Processes
- Recycling / recovery / disposal of waste, Metal trading (purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals), Trade in sawmill by-products (wood chips, wood pellets, bark, shavings), Logistics / transport / loading of bulk goods and residual materials, Scrap tyre disposal, Disposal of screen underflow and screen overflow (screen fractions), Delivery of soil improvers (peat, peat fibres, champost), Delivery of bedding products (screened fine shavings from softwood)
- Materials
- Ferrous metals, Non-ferrous metals (Ne-metals), Pine (softwood), Spruce (softwood), Peat, Champost, Compost (fresh, mature, substrate compost), Wood fibres
- Certificates
- EfB certificate (certified waste management specialist)
- Industries
- Agriculture (dairy cattle and poultry farming), Wood and sawmill industry, Wood-based materials and pellet industry, Energy generation (biomass fuels), Landscaping and gardening, Substrate and soil industry
- 01
Consultation and enquiry
- 02
Sourcing / purchasing (metals, by-products, waste)
- 03
Dispatch and transport planning
- 04
Transport and loading with own fleet
- 05
Recovery / recycling / disposal or delivery free to farm/factory
- 06
Proof documentation (weighbridge ticket)
Materials and Substances
Ferrous metals
Purchase and international trade in ferrous metals.
Non-ferrous metals
Purchase and international trade in non-ferrous metals.
Softwood shavings
Screened fine shavings from softwood sawmills as bedding for dairy cattle and poultry farming.
Peat and peat fibres
Organic soil improvers for soil manufacturers and landscaping.
Champost
Organic substrate from champignon cultivation for improving soil structure and nutrients.
Compost
Fresh and mature composts from pure-source biowaste, garden and park waste.
Scrap tyres
Fee-based disposal from approx. 500 car or 80 truck tyres, invoiced by weight.
Screen underflow and screen overflow
Screen fractions from DSD (dual system), commercial and household waste with organic content of 3 % to 50 % for MBT, composting or thermal treatment.
Locations
Stade
DEHead office with dispatch and logistics
- Part weight / size
- approx. 10–13 t per truck load
- Lot size
- Partial and full train loads
- Materials
- Bulk goods, valuable and residual materials, metals, sawmill by-products
- 90 m³ push-floor/Walking-Floor® semi-trailers
- Truck fleet for bulk goods transport
- Fleetboard (satellite-supported monitoring)
Products and Material Streams
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recycling / recovery / disposal of wasteRecycling | – | – | – | – | Ferrous and non-ferrous metals (Fe/Ne), Waste / valuable and residual materials |
| Metal trading (purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals)Trading | – | – | – | – | Ferrous metals, Non-ferrous metals |
| Trade in sawmill by-products (wood chips, wood pellets, bark, shavings)Trading | – | – | – | – | Wood chips, Wood pellets, Bark, Sawing and planing shavings, Sawdust |
| Logistics / transport / loading of bulk goods and residual materialsLogistics | – | Loading edge height 4 m (Walking-Floor | approx. 10–13 t per truck load | more than 80,000 t per month | Bulk goods, Valuable and residual materials |
| Scrap tyre disposalRecycling | – | – | approx. 5,000 kg (500 car tyres or 80 – approx. 13,000 kg (truck load) | – | Scrap tyres (rubber) |
| Disposal of screen underflow and screen overflow (screen fractions)Recycling | – | – | – | – | Screen fraction DSD, Construction site waste, Commercial waste, Household waste, Shredder light fraction |
| Delivery of soil improvers (peat, peat fibres, champost)Trading | – | – | – | – | Peat, Peat fibres, Champost |
| Delivery of bedding products (screened fine shavings from softwood)Trading | – | – | – | – | Bedding shavings from pine/spruce, Planing shavings |
2 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Push-floor/Walking-Floor semi-trailers (90 m³) | – | – | – | – | Stade |
| Trucks / fleet for bulk goods transport | – | – | – | – | Stade |
Additional services
Quality and Certificates
As a certified waste management specialist (Entsorgungsfachbetrieb), RETRALOG provides, on request, an EfB certificate as well as the EfB certificate of the waste disposal company. For every disposal, customers receive the weighbridge ticket of the disposal company as proof.
| Evidence | Stade |
|---|---|
| EfB certificate (certified waste management specialist) |