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Text no.: 001 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
Stena investing €25m in new recycling
plant for lithium batteries from EVs
(S) – The recycling of used lithium batteries from electric vehicles (EVs) is a fast-growing market. In the past few weeks alone, three more recycling plant projects in Europe were announced. Stena Recycling wants to build a plant in... more 
Text no.: 002 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
Schnitzer posts best results "in over a decade"
(USA) – Schnitzer Steel posted its best financial and operational results in over a decade in its recently ended financial third quarter, CEO Tamara Lundgren told investors at the earnings call on 30 June. The Oregon-based recycler and... more
Text no.: 003 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
Suez Board recommends shareholders
accept takeover offer from Veolia
(F) – The planned takeover of the French environmental services group Suez by its competitor Veolia has moved a step closer to completion. On 29 June, the groups’ boards of directors both voted in favour of the binding purchase... more
Text no.: 004 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
US scrap recycler Liberty Iron & Metal sells off more locations
(PRC, USA) –The US scrap recycler Liberty Iron & Metal is parting ways with more sites. Its parent firm, Chiho Environmental Group, announced in late June that it was selling property and inventory, such as shredders and other... more
Text no.: 005 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
Veolia the largest player in the waste and water sector by far
(WW) – In seeking to acquire competitor Suez, Veolia CEO Antoine Frérot said he aimed to create a "world leader of the ecological transformation". A review of the annual revenue figures of the industry’s major... more
Text no.: 006 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
Germany’s EEW raises €400m
through green bond issue
(D) – German waste-to-energy (wte) plant operator EEW has raised €400m from investors through the issue of a green bond. The company said there was "very high investor demand" for the debut issuance of the EEW Green Bond.... more
Text no.: 007 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
Paprec creates SRF JV with
Vicat, launches green bond
(F) – French recycling and waste management company Paprec and cement producer Vicat have established a 50-50 joint venture which is to produce solid recovered fuel (SRF). The new company, called Altèrenative, was founded in... more
Text no.: 008 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
People: Tom Bird and Andy Wahl re-elected as President and Treasurer of BIR
During this year’s virtual General Assembly of the umbrella organisation Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Tom Bird was unanimously re-elected as BIR President for a second two-year term, as was Andy... more
Text no.: 009 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
"To reach the Paris agreement target,
we need to use every tool in the toolbox"
The Norwegian waste to energy (wte) plant operator Fortum Oslo Varme aims to capture CO2 at its plant in Oslo for long-term storage in the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility. The public-private concern’s... more
Text no.: 010 Issue RW14/2021 Publication date: 14.07.2021
European associations criticise unilateral
approaches to packaging labelling
(EU) – More and more EU member states are introducing their own rules governing the waste-sorting information which must appear on packaging. The labelling requirements are intended to help consumers dispose of packaging materials... more
