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Text no.: 001 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
European Commission publishes guidance on
transfrontier waste shipments within the EU
(EU) – The European Commission has published guidance with the stated aim of preventing and reducing obstacles to cross-border movements of waste within the European Union. The EU authority wants to ensure a "common approach to... more 
Text no.: 002 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
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Text no.: 003 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
Biffa expects "significant disruption" due to coronavirus
(UK) – Biffa, the UK’s second largest waste management company, is anticipating significant disruption to its operations lasting several months and a material impact to its financial performance in the 2020/21 financial year, which... more
Text no.: 004 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
Suez intensifies cost cutting
and "constrains" investment
(F) – In response to the coronavirus crisis, the French environmental services company Suez has withdrawn its earnings forecast for the 2020 year. The company also plans to reduce its capital expenditure by 15 per cent compared to 2019.... more
Text no.: 005 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
Renewi forecasts 2019/20
earnings in line with forecast
(NL) – The Anglo-Dutch waste management firm Renewi is witnessing a decrease in waste volumes in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. However, the downturn in arisings was expected to have little impact on its results for the financial... more
Text no.: 006 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
Sims Metal Management
withdraws earnings forecast
(AUS, USA) – The ferrous and non-ferrous recycling concern Sims Limited has withdrawn its earnings guidance due to "the unprecedented world-wide response to slowing the spread of Covid-19" and the magnitude of the impact these... more
Text no.: 007 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
ACR+ gathers international
waste management practice
(EU) – The waste management industry is facing new challenges in managing waste from households with coronavirus patients. The Association of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+) is collecting data on the... more
Text no.: 008 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
German lead scrap consumer
Weser-Metall halts production
(D) – In response to a sharp drop in demand from the automotive industry and a steep fall in lead prices, Weser-Metall GmbH is halting production at its lead smelter in Nordenham, Germany. The firm’s French parent company, Recylex,... more
Text no.: 009 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
TSR gets EU clearance to
acquire Sims activities
(EU) – The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition has given the green light for the acquisition of the majority of Sims Metal Management’s European e-waste activities by steel and metals recycling company... more
Text no.: 010 Issue RW07/2020 Publication date: 01.04.2020
Competition body submits
market share calculation
(D) – Germany’s leading waste management company Remondis is still confident that it will be allowed to acquire the original green dot packaging compliance scheme Duales System Deutschland (DSD). However, Remondis did not wish to... more
