RDF Dryer Manufacturer in the Netherlands
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FlowDrya RDF dryers are built to order at STRONGA's Hertfordshire works and supplied to Dutch waste processors and fuel producers, though no FlowDrya line is yet commissioned locally. This is a market that buries almost nothing and leans hard on energy-from-waste: the Besluit stortplaatsen en stortverboden afvalstoffen keeps combustible and recyclable waste out of landfill, so the calorific fraction has to be recovered as a fuel. Raw refuse-derived fuel reaches the gate wet and variable, which suppresses its calorific value and its price; drying it toward 15 per cent moisture lifts and steadies the energy content, so a licensed co-incinerator or cement kiln will take it in place of fossil fuel rather than paying to burn water.
Supplying the Netherlands
We supply the Netherlands from our Hertfordshire works — we have no documented RDF installation in the Netherlands yet.
Regulatory context
Dutch waste law is framed by the Wet milieubeheer (Environmental Management Act), whose article 10.4 binds the minister, provinces and municipalities to a priority order for waste: prevention first, then preparation for re-use, recycling, other useful application including energy recovery, and safe disposal only as a last resort. Turning a wet residue into a fuel or a stabilised soil product is a form of recovery the act ranks above disposal, so drying supports the legal duty to move material up that hierarchy rather than down it.
Source: https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003245 · checked 2026-08
The Besluit stortplaatsen en stortverboden afvalstoffen bans a long list of waste streams from landfill: any waste that can be recycled or incinerated, including biowaste and other combustible and recoverable fractions, may not be buried. Because cheap disposal to landfill is closed off, wet combustible and organic residues have to be recovered as a fuel or a soil product instead, and a low, even moisture is what lets that residue hold a specification an off-taker will accept.
Source: https://business.gov.nl/regulations/dumping-sites/ · checked 2026-08
Alongside the EU Emissions Trading System, the Netherlands runs a national CO2-heffing industrie on industrial and waste-incineration installations. For 2026 the levy is set at 78.67 euros per tonne of CO2 for ETS installations and 103.66 euros per tonne for waste-incineration plants; because the reference EU ETS price of 79.42 euros already exceeds the national rate, the extra levy payable by an ETS installation for 2026 works out at zero, but the framework keeps a firm floor under the carbon cost of burning fossil fuel or unrecovered waste.
Source: https://www.emissieautoriteit.nl/regelgeving/co2-heffing/tarieven-co2-heffing · checked 2026-08
Applicable standards: EN ISO 21640, EN ISO 17225-4, EN ISO 18134, Keurcompost quality classes (BRL Keurcompost).
Economic context
Burying or burning waste both carry the afvalstoffenbelasting (waste tax). From 1 January 2026 the rate is 40.85 euros per 1,000 kilograms, charged on waste sent to landfill or to an incinerator, and it is legislated to climb to 90.21 euros per tonne in 2028 and 113.81 euros per tonne in 2035. Recycled material is exempt, so every tonne of wet residue dried into a recoverable fuel or a saleable soil product escapes a rising per-tonne charge.
Source: https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/zakelijk/overige_belastingen/belastingen_op_milieugrondslag/afvalstoffenbelasting/tarief_afvalstoffenbelasting · checked 2026-08
Bought-in power is a real cost. Eurostat put the EU average non-household electricity price at 0.1837 euros per kWh in the second half of 2025, and Dutch industry sits around that level rather than below it. Boiling water off with grid electricity is therefore uneconomic, which rewards a dryer designed to run on recovered kiln, boiler or exhaust heat and very little electrical power.
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260508-2 · checked 2026-08
Industrial gas is likewise a burden. Eurostat put the EU average non-household natural gas price at 0.0605 euros per kWh in the second half of 2025, and the Netherlands was one of only four EU member states where that price rose year on year, up 6.3 per cent. Running a dryer on a site's own surplus or recovered heat rather than bought-in gas therefore protects the operating margin.
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260508-3 · checked 2026-08
The Netherlands landfills almost nothing and leans heavily on energy-from-waste, so a clean, consistent solid fuel has a ready outlet; but because both incineration and landfill are taxed, and even waste sent abroad for burning attracts the levy, it pays to upgrade combustible residue into a specification fuel rather than to feed wet, variable waste into an incinerator. A dried fraction with a low, even moisture is exactly what a licensed co-incineration off-taker can accept in place of fossil fuel.
Source: https://business.gov.nl/regulations/landfill-tax/ · checked 2026-08
Worked illustration (assumptions stated):
Two charges frame the case. Both landfilling and incineration attract the afvalstoffenbelasting of 40.85 euros per tonne – even waste sent abroad to be burned is caught – and waste-incineration plants also pay a national CO2-heffing of 103.66 euros per tonne of CO2 in 2026. Feeding wet, unrecovered waste into an incinerator therefore pays twice, while a dried, specification fuel that displaces coal or petcoke in a kiln avoids both the tipping cost and the carbon charge. Because grid power sits around the EU average of 0.1837 euros per kWh, FlowDrya is designed to dry on recovered kiln or flue heat and to use far less electricity than a belt dryer. Assumptions stated: gate fees, calorific value and off-take price govern the payback.
Figures are indicative and were last reviewed August 2026; energy and disposal prices move — contact us for a current assessment.
RDF Dryer Manufacturer in the Netherlands — FAQ
Do you have an RDF dryer here?
Not yet, and we will not imply one. Every FlowDrya is built to order in Hertfordshire; the platform is the same continuous-flow dryer proven on our British reference sites.
Why dry refuse-derived fuel rather than landfill it?
The landfill ban keeps combustible and recyclable waste out of the ground, so the energy fraction must be recovered. Drying stabilises a wet, variable refuse-derived fuel into a consistent one that a co-incinerator or kiln will accept.
How much do the levies add?
Waste-incineration installations pay a national CO2-heffing of 103.66 euros per tonne of CO2 in 2026, on top of the 40.85 euro per tonne waste tax. Upgrading residue into a clean fuel that displaces fossil energy sidesteps both.
What moisture does FlowDrya reach on RDF?
We configure each machine to the off-taker's specification, typically driving refuse-derived fuel toward 15 per cent moisture, the point at which its calorific value is high and repeatable enough to hold a fuel contract.
What heat source suits an RDF dryer?
Recovered heat is the economic choice – kiln or flue heat on the same site – because grid electricity around the EU average of 0.1837 euros per kWh makes electric drying uneconomic.
How is a plant shipped and commissioned from the UK?
Each dryer is fully assembled and factory-tested at our works, then dismantled for freight, rebuilt on arrival, connected to the heat supply and brought online through a supervised trial before handover.
Why does a consistent moisture matter to an off-taker?
Combustion plants tune their air supply, throughput and permit compliance around a declared calorific value. A fuel whose moisture swings from load to load forces them to derate, so a uniformly dried refuse-derived fuel that holds its heating value earns a firmer contract and a better gate price.