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Coca-Cola investing in PET recycling facility in Italy

(I) – The beverage company Coca-Cola HBC Italia is planning to build a PET recycling plant in Gaglianico near Turin. The first phase, the launch of preform...

Local authority plans to buy Chapelle-Darblay paper mill site

(F) – The Rouen Métropole Normandie municipal authority officially announced on 31 January that it will exercise its right of pre-emption and buy UPM’s...

Recovered paper exports from Europe to Asia still subject to restrictions

(EU) – Global recovered paper deliveries are still subject to significant restrictions. In addition to measures adopted in individual countries – such as...

Covanta’s Rookery South wte plant in the UK up and running

(USA, UK) – The US waste to energy (wte) plant operator Covanta has entered normal operations at its new Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility in England,...

UK plans to strenghten waste oversight

(UK) – The British government announced plans to tighten controls on waste transports in two new consultations opened late last month. As part of its...

Eunomia: 19 EU member states to introduce deposit return systems for PET beverage bottles by 2025

(EU) – The British environmental consultancy Eunomia has published a new report "PET Market in Europe, State of Play 2022", updating a market overview it...

Primary plastics prices largely stable Germany in January amid low demand

(D) – The year got off to a bumpy start on the standard primary commodities plastics market in Germany. Many companies did not return from their winter...

Study: Circular economy could make much larger contribution to reducing CO2

(EU) – There is still substantial untapped potential for the circular economy to reduce CO2 emissions in the EU, according to a study published in January....

Turbulence from Germany spills over into Polish recovered paper market

February brings more turbulence on Polish market

(PL) – The recovered paper market in Poland had stabilised during the fourth quarter of 2021 and started off the new year without much hubbub. However,...

WHO generates 200,000 tonnes of pandemic medical waste

(EU) – The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 200,000 tonnes of medical waste have been generated at healthcare facilities around the...

UK’s CMA continuing its review of Veolia/Suez merger

(UK) – The British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a summary of the concerns which prompted it to launch an in-depth investigation of...

SENT system for waste imports to be launched on 22 February

(PL) – As of 22 February, all waste transports to and through Poland must be registered in the "SENT" system. According to the country’s Environmental...

Call for Evidence for Waste Framework Directive Review

(EU) – The European Commission has opened a call for evidence in the run-up to the review of the revised EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD) which was...

EP rapporteur wants to quickly advance work on Waste Shipment Regulation

(EU) – The European Parliament has started preparing for the first reading of the proposed amendments to the EU Waste Shipments Regulation (WSR). The...

The non-ferrous scrap metals market in Germany

(D) – Metal exchange prices remain very volatile. The LME copper price initially rose by several hundred dollars at the beginning of February only to fall...

EUWID Index: Material Value of Fridges and Freezers for Recycling

Upcoming market reports

The next issue of EUWID Recycling and Waste Management will appear on 23 February in print and e-paper editions. It will feature the monthly market reports...

The tide might turn on the German waste plastics market

(D) – A few market players are now taking a more cautious view of the state of the German waste plastics business. Some recyclers interviewed by EUWID said...

Little change on German primary PET market

(D) – There was little change in the German market for primary PET between December and January. Material from the Asian market was being shipped to...

Logoplaste buys PET recyclers Ecoibéria and Worldpet

(P) – The Portuguese plastic packaging manufacturer Logoplaste is acquiring two PET recyclers, Ecoibéria and Worldpet. Both companies operate facilities in...

People: Dirk Stokvis appointed CEO of Doosan Lentjes

The environmental technology supplier Doosan Lentjes has appointed Dirk Stokvis its new CEO in late January with immediate effect. Mr Stokvis was...

Herbold secures Russian PET recycling technology contract

(D) – The German firm Herbold Meckesheim GmbH has landed a major contract in Russia. The speciality machinery manufacturer will provide the Russian company...

Biffa secures "multi-million pound" recycled plastic deal

(UK) – British waste management company Biffa has entered a "multi-million pound a year" supply contract with Esterform Packaging, the UK’s largest...

Martin GmbH acquires outstanding stake in LAB SA

(D) – German plant technology supplier Martin GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik has acquired 100 per cent of French firm LAB SA. The Munich-based company...

Deposit return systems launched in Latvia, Slovakia

(EU) – Beverage container deposit systems have gone live in two additional EU member states with Slovakia launching its system at the start of the year and...

Stena Metall’s recycling business closes first financial quarter with record result

(SE) – "The strong result that was reported last year has continued into fiscal year 2021/22", Stena Metall said in late January in comments on its...

Recycling market insiders worried by "unhealthy" rise in rPET prices

PET recycling: Hikes for both bottles and recycled PET

(D) – Price increases on the German market continued for post-consumer PET bottles, flakes and regranulate in January. Despite very good demand overall,...

WEEE recyclers start off 2022 with sufficient volumes and good raw material revenues

WEEE recyclers start off 2022 with sufficient volumes and good raw material revenues

(D) – For German WEEE recyclers, the good market conditions seen at the end of 2021 have carried over into 2022: Incoming volumes remain stable and prices...

Prices for high recovered paper grades on the move in Italy

Rising prices in Italy for high recovered paper grades and exports to Asia

(I) – Italy’s recovered paper market was for the most part pretty balanced in the first month of 2022. Paper manufacturers had enough recovered paper on...

Veolia completes sale of "New Suez"

Veolia completes sale of "New Suez" to financial investor consortium

(F) – The French environmental services group Suez is beginning "a new chapter". The concern’s new owner Veolia completed the sale of the businesses that...

Renewi upgrades earnings forecast

Renewi raises forecast for full financial year due to strong recyclate prices

(NL, UK) – The Dutch-British waste management company Renewi has made a "material upgrade to expectations" for its underlying operating earnings in the...

Stena Metall sells German fridge recycling business to Munich investment firm

Stena sells German fridge recycling operations to financial investor

(D, SE) – Stena Metall is selling its German fridge and freezer recycling activities to the Munich investment company Quantum Capital Partners. The...

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