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Text no.: 011 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Remondis, Sacyr and Veolia vie
for Melbourne waste contract
(AUS) – Veolia and Remondis have made the short list for a long-term waste contract in Melbourne, Australia, according to the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG). The waste partnership, consisting of 16 member councils... more 
Text no.: 012 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Umicore’s recycling activities beating expectations
(B) – Umicore’s recycling operations continue to fare well. Recycling activities would turn in a first-half performance exceeding market expectations and also better than projected at the end of April, the Belgian metals company... more
Text no.: 013 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Carlos Slim boosts stake in
FCC through debt cancellation
(E) – Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim Helú has raised his stake in the Spanish environmental services and construction conglomerate FCC by another 15 per cent via his holding company Inversora Carso. The increase of his stake... more
Text no.: 014 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Saubermacher investing
€3m in hazwaste centre
(A) – The Austrian waste management firm Saubermacher is investing €3m in expanding a hazardous waste treatment centre in Kidricevo, Slovenia. Market conditions and stronger demand for hazardous waste services were the reasons for... more
Text no.: 015 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Plastic packaging producers sceptical
about quotas for recyclate use
(D, F) – Producers of plastic packaging are sceptical about mandatory targets for the use of recycled material in the EU. Mandatory targets for minimum recycled content represent "a significant intervention in the market that is... more
Text no.: 016 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Recycling rate for packaging
waste hits 70 per cent
(I) – Last year, around 13.65 million tonnes of packaging were place on the market in Italy, and of that total, 9.65 million tonnes were recycled. The resulting average recycling rate across all packaging materials stands at approximately... more
Text no.: 017 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Swiss Vipa restarts activities on
German recovered paper market
(D, CH) The Swiss company Vipa, one of the world’s largest recovered paper (RCP) merchants, returned to Germany in April 2020 after roughly 20 years away. Given its history, Vipa is not a newcomer in Germany. In the 1960s, the Swiss... more
Text no.: 018 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Valmet to supply boiler for
Norske Skog’s RDF power plant
(A) – Valmet will supply a complete steam boiler plant to Norske Skog’s paper mill in Bruck an der Mur in Austria. The goal of the investment is to improve the mill’s cost competitiveness, reduce its carbon footprint and... more
Text no.: 019 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Italian recovered paper prices
plunge again in June
(I) – The bubble on Italy’s recovered paper market has burst. As in other countries, slow demand and resurgent collection volumes following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions have sent prices tumbling, especially for ordinary... more
Text no.: 020 Issue RW14/2020 Publication date: 08.07.2020
Demand for waste plastics
remains weak in Germany
(D) – For most plastics recyclers in Germany, the situation remains extremely tense. Although regrind prices did not lose any additional ground in June, many recyclers once again had to idle production lines or furlough employees because... more
