{"id":75147,"date":"2025-04-01T10:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=75147"},"modified":"2026-09-26T08:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T06:18:24","slug":"recycling-at-the-nordhafen","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/collecting\/recycling-at-the-nordhafen\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannover&#8217;s hidden source of raw materials: recycling at the Nordhafen"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"cover--lead-in has-spacing--m\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__content typo--tiempos\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/collecting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Collecting<\/a><\/div>\r\n        <h2 class=\"cover--lead-in__headline headline-size--s\">\r\n            Hannover&#8217;s hidden source of raw materials: recycling at the Nordhafen        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__text\">\r\n                <p>Uncertain trade routes, wars and new regulations are putting the recycling industry to the test. At the TSR site in Hannover&#8217;s Nordhafen, a whole sector can be seen changing.<br \/>\n<strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/moritz-heck\/\">Moritz Heck<\/a> (photos), <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/jannis-johanningmaier\/\">Jannis Johanningmeier<\/a> (text)<\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__author\">\r\n                \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/moritz-heck\/\" target=\"\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Autorenfoto-Close-Up-68x68.jpg\"\r\n                                    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                     \r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/jannis-johanningmaier\/\" target=\"\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jannis-Johannigmeier_Autorenfoto-68x68.jpg\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jannis-Johannigmeier_Autorenfoto-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jannis-Johannigmeier_Autorenfoto-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jannis-Johannigmeier_Autorenfoto-52x52.jpg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jannis-Johannigmeier_Autorenfoto-96x96.jpg 96w\"\r\n                                    width=\"68\"\r\n                                    height=\"68\"\r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n\r\n                                                                    <\/a>\r\n                                \r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                                    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__author -->\r\n        \r\n    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__content -->\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__image cover--lead-in__media cover--lead-in__media--image\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-1920x1280.jpg\"\r\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_26_dunkel-150x100.jpg 150w\"\r\n                width=\"1920\"\r\n                height=\"1280\"\r\n                alt=\"\"\r\n                style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\r\n            \/>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n\r\n        \r\n    \r\n<\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\"><br><br><strong>A lorry loaded with scrap metal<\/strong> rattles into the yard of the recycling company TSR in Hannover&#8217;s Nordhafen. A member of staff \u2013 instantly recognisable in the TSR uniform of hi-vis vest and white hard hat \u2013 waves the driver in. An excavator with its grab arm extended, known as a scrap grab, is standing by to unload. Harm Kolberg nods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">From his desk, the manager of TSR&#8217;s Hannover branch looks straight out over the company&#8217;s scrapyard. Kolberg knows exactly when new deliveries arrive at the metal recycling yard. \u2018Wherever there are machines, there&#8217;s scrap,\u2019 he says. Every day his staff load around a thousand tonnes of iron and metal scrap. In total, around a hundred and fifty thousand tonnes of scrap metal are stored here at the Nordhafen and at TSR&#8217;s branch at the Lindener Hafen. Most of it comes from the car industry, or is simply production waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">When a lorry arrives at the TSR yard in Hannover&#8217;s Nordhafen,<strong> <\/strong>the first step is weighing it \u2013 and checking for contamination. If there is any radioactivity, the sensors on the huge weighbridge raise the alarm immediately. If the load is safe, it is inspected, sorted and then fed into the scrap shear to be cut up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_4cbce133b34a0a2a78b9e756ea350f26\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p><strong>Wherever there are machines,<\/strong> there&#8217;s scrap<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HarmKolbergTHUMB-52x52.png\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Harm Kolberg<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n \n\n<div class=\"photo-grid grid-layout--2col-4 has-spacing--m\">\n\n            \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-768x1152.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-1400x2100.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-1050x1575.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-670x1005.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-420x630.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-350x525.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_22-scaled.jpg 1707w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1152\" \n                        alt=\"Digital displays in a scrapyard showing 76.1 t\/h and 438.8 t above a pile of metal and vehicle parts\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                                            <figcaption class=\"photo-grid__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>The digital display<\/strong> shows how much metal is currently going through the shear.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-768x1152.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-1400x2100.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-1050x1575.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-670x1005.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-420x630.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-350x525.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_21-scaled.jpg 1707w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1152\" \n                        alt=\"\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                                            <figcaption class=\"photo-grid__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>Branch manager <\/strong>Harm Kolberg in his office.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n            \n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\"><br>The scrap business is getting more complicated. Political events such as wars and trade disputes drive prices on the market. On the world market, processed scrap metal now competes with primary raw materials fresh from the blast furnace. Scrap dealers and car breakers have turned into traders in recyclables and secondary raw materials. Because metal has one crucial property: it can be used again and again in a closed materials cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">Its quality stays the same from one recycling cycle to the next and is no worse than that of newly extracted metal. The German Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Management (bvse) highlights the environmental benefits: lower consumption of primary raw materials, less energy, reduced CO2 emissions and conservation of ore deposits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <figure class=\"post-image--cover has-spacing--m\">\n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_19-scaled.jpg\"  alt=\"Compacted, colourful bales of metal neatly stacked in the scrapyard of TSR GmbH Hannover\" \/>\n            \n            \n        <\/figure><!-- post-image--cover -->\n\n    \n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">In the small cab of TSR&#8217;s metal shear, about five metres up, sits Markus, the shear operator. In front of him is a console with buttons and a lever rather like a joystick. The scrap shear stands in the middle of mountains of scrap. Markus extends the scrap grab and lowers the arm into the heap of metal several times. The grab scoops up old iron, lifts it high and drops it with a clatter into the shear&#8217;s trough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">The grab swings back and forth again and again, and the trough gradually fills up. The scrap in the trough is to be prepared for onward transport. \u2018All right, good to go\u2019 \u2013 a colleague&#8217;s voice crackles over Markus&#8217;s radio, giving him the green light. Markus presses a red button and pushes the lever to the right. With a deafening crash, metal plates slam down like blades into the pile of scrap in the trough. Within seconds the coarse scrap is crushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">All over the TSR site, mountains of scrap metal stand side by side. Pressed or shredded, copper or iron. Every heap is carefully sorted \u2013 by hand if necessary. A decommissioned Volkswagen assembly line has just arrived. Two workers pick brake discs out of the small parts and stack them in a separate container.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n<div class=\"photo-grid grid-layout--2col-2 has-spacing--m\">\n\n            \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-768x512.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_24-150x100.jpg 150w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"512\" \n                        alt=\"Large quantities of assorted cables and wires in a container at the TSR GmbH scrapyard in Hannover\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                                            <figcaption class=\"photo-grid__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>Mountains of cable<\/strong>, from which copper is recovered.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-768x512.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_23-150x100.jpg 150w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"512\" \n                        alt=\"Markus, the shear operator, sits at the controls of the scrap shear at the TSR recycling yard in Hannover, gazing into the distance.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                                            <figcaption class=\"photo-grid__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>Markus in the control cab<\/strong> of the scrap shear.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n            \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_970e85b324368830ce24052d90a76f70\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p><strong>Anyone who carelessly throws old electrical appliances<\/strong> or batteries in with their household rubbish isn&#8217;t just harming the environment \u2013 they&#8217;re creating a fire risk, too.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_16-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Harm Kolberg<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">Harm Kolberg insists on meticulous sorting and proper disposal. There have already been three fires on the TSR site at the Nordhafen. The cause: lithium-ion batteries in the scrap metal. A single knock to one of these batteries can generate enormous heat in no time. Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere today \u2013 in every mobile phone and every e-cigarette. And sometimes this electronic waste ends up in the scrap metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">With consequences: small fires are now part of everyday life at German scrapyards. Hardly any recycling firm can get insurance against them, says Harm Kolberg: \u2018It&#8217;s a big problem. The costs are so high that I really have to think about whether the damage is in proportion to the cost of the insurance policy.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">Germany exports waste from base metals such as aluminium, iron and steel. According to the Federal Statistical Office, it amounted to 9.1 million tonnes in 2023 \u2013 trade worth \u20ac6.3 billion to the German economy. Much of that sum is earned on a small scale: it comes from the country&#8217;s many scrapyards and their mountains of old metal parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <figure class=\"post-image--cover has-spacing--m\">\n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moritz-Heck_Schrottplatz_07-scaled.jpg\"  alt=\"\" \/>\n            \n            \n        <\/figure><!-- post-image--cover -->\n\n    \n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">Kolberg and other German traders in secondary raw materials keep a constant eye on costs, prices and developments in the markets \u2013 and in politics. The German scrap market is part of an international system. At home there is an oversupply of scrap, but abroad the material is still in demand: after the earthquake in Turkey in February 2023, for example, demand for scrap metal at Turkish steelworks rose considerably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">Turkey, the world&#8217;s largest importer of scrap, planned to rebuild infrastructure and housing within a year. German companies such as TSR delivered, and steel prices briefly went through the roof. Then it became clear that reconstruction would drag on. Demand for scrap metal fell \u2013 and with it the price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">Pricing on the market is complex \u2013 and often extremely fast. \u2018We&#8217;re talking about short-term business, even hour by hour,\u2019 says Kolberg. So at the start of the week, TSR can&#8217;t guarantee that prices will hold until the end of it. Kolberg is hoping for more certainty in 2026. That&#8217;s when Hannover&#8217;s public transport operator \u00dcSTRA will gradually take the TW 6000 \u2013 the city&#8217;s green trams \u2013 out of service. TSR has already secured 40 old trams: mountains of scrap metal that will keep Markus and his shear busy for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_fd03746bbda2010ce5fbaf706fa0c67b\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--s width--default\">\n        <p><strong>Recommended by the editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/collecting\/the-worlds-largest-playmobil-collection\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Collecting<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                The world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection: 400,000 figures                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>It all began in a child&#8217;s bedroom \u2013 today Oliver Schaffer owns the world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. 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Today Axel Reitz works in extremism prevention.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n        <\/div><!-- .teaser-grid -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/collecting\/everyday-self-care\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Collecting<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Everyday self-care: breathing, in spite of everything                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>The world is getting louder, young people more exhausted \u2013 and self-care is becoming a privilege. Where young people still find strength in their daily lives.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yael-Wagner00002-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/work\/taking-a-break-out-of-sight\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Work<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Taking a break \u2013 out of sight                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>In the back room, in the warehouse, on crates in the back yard: breaks are part of the working day \u2013 and often happen out of sight. Quiet, unremarkable, indispensable.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Roessiger-Musicaldarstellerin-1-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/award-winning\/hannes-jung-how-is-life\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Award-winning<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                From trying to photograph the wind.                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Lithuania has the highest suicide rate in Europe. Hannes Jung examines the background in his work.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/18_hannes_jung.jpg 2000w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n        <\/div><!-- .teaser-grid -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"btn-wrapper has-spacing--m\">\n        <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\">TO THE MAGAZINE HOMEPAGE<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":61763,"template":"","tags":[370,376,331,382],"magazinkategorie":[217],"class_list":["post-75147","magazin","type-magazin","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-klima-umwelt-en","tag-hannover-en","tag-photo-series-en","tag-arbeit-beruf-en","magazinkategorie-collecting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hannover&#039;s hidden source of raw materials: recycling at the Nordhafen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Trade disputes, wars and new regulations are putting a whole industry under pressure. 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