Business

• German competition authority prepares for closer watch on Remondis’s external growth
• Decline in competition for waste collection contracts in Germany
• Eastman to invest up to $1bn in French chemical recycling project
• More recycled PET sold in Austria last year
• Remondis maintained stable operations in 2020
• Reconomy buys British service providers Casepak and Oceala
• Dutch N+P group expands its footprint in the UK
• Trinseo finalises acquisition of Dutch plastics recycler Heathland
• Equitix to buy 20 per cent Viridor share from KKR
• Borealis and Reclay set to partner on plastic recycling
• Aperam wrapped up its acquisition of ELG at the end of December
• Veolia announces plans for EV battery recycling plant in the UK
• Recovered paper gains product status in France
• Zero Waste Europe criticises Parliament "delaying tactic"
• Wastefront ELT recycling plant construction to begin in Q2
• Attero partners with Titan and Nordsol in bio-LNG project

Markets

• Upcoming market reports
• Waste wood in Germany
• Recovered paper in France
• Recovered paper in the UK
• Recovered paper in Germany
• Steel scrap in Germany
• NF scrap metals in Germany

Policy

• Landfilling of municipal waste in the EU down in 2020
• Proposal to include municipal waste incineration in EU ETS
• EU consultation on compostable and biodegradable plastics
• France bans plastic packaging for certain fresh fruit and veg
• Malaysia launches inspection scheme for imports

• News in brief: Total Energies and Plastic Omnium agree plastics recycling partnership
• Companies and institutions appearing in the current issue