Text no.: 002 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

Veolia plans legal action against Suez directors

(F) – The board of directors of French environmental group Suez recently activated a "poison pill" it set up in the autumn to fend off a take-over by its rival Veolia. According to information published by the French business... more

Text no.: 003 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

EU extends deadline for

review of Prezero-Suez deal

(EU) – The EU Commission’s review of Prezero’s planned takeover of certain European waste management activities from French environmental group Suez is taking longer than initially expected. After Germany’s Schwarz... more

Text no.: 004 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

Paprec plans to acquire French treatment

plant operator Dalkia Wastenergy

(F) – French recycling group Paprec is aiming to expand further into the waste to energy (wte) market. On 24 March, the concern announced that it had entered into exclusive negotiations on the acquisition of Dalkia Wastenergy. The company... more

Text no.: 005 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

Martin buys stake in CNIM subsidiary

(F) – The French equipment manufacturer and industrial contractor CNIM inked a memorandum of understanding with a number of partners in late March which will enable the concern to restructure its debts. Under the terms of the agreement,... more

Text no.: 006 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

RDF Industry group shifts

focus to decarbonisation

(EU) – The RDF Industry Group sees decarbonising residual waste treatment as the way forward for refuse-derived fuel (RDF), and is now shifting its focus as an organisation to "decarbonising the RDF supply chain across Europe".... more

Text no.: 007 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

Prezero US buys producer of plastic film and bags

(USA) – The US subsidiary of the German waste management group Prezero has acquired California-based plastics converter Roplast Industries. The purchase is the next step in its "ambitious growth strategy", Prezero announced in... more

Text no.: 008 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

Asamer Group becomes sole

owner of tyre recycler Kias

(A) – The Austrian firm Asamer Group intends to acquire all of the shares in the tyre recycler Kias Recycling GmbH. The Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of its plan to gain sole control over the recycler in the second... more

Text no.: 009 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

Europlasma signs contract for

RDF production at Morcenx

(F) – Europlasma has announced the signing of a new contract valued at €4.5m under which it will produce refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from commercial waste over a period of five years. The work would involve the processing of... more

Text no.: 010 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

Reconomy continues growth

with Eurokey acquisition

(UK) – British waste service provider Reconomy has acquired Leicester-based Eurokey Recycling Ltd, the group announced on 22 March. According to the new owner, Eurokey provides commodity trading and reprocessing services to commercial... more

Text no.: 011 Issue RW07/2021 Publication date: 08.04.2021

Evonik aims for more than €350m in annual

sales from plastic recycling solutions

(D) – In an effort to offer solutions for all stages of the polymer value chain, the specialty chemicals group Evonik is pooling its plastic and rubber recycling activities, including its research and development work, in a new... more