Business

• Remondis expands presence in the Netherlands through Baetsen takeover
• Smurfit Kappa sets up packaging recovery system in Germany
• Contract signed for waste to energy plant in Olsztyn, Poland
• Veolia and LEAG plan RDF power plant in east of Germany
• Veolia acquires hazardous waste management centre from Alcoa
• HZI hands over RDF power plant in Northern England
• Recylex wants to sell Weser-Metall and other subsidiaries
• Aurubis predicts stronger performance in new fiscal year
• EERA estimates material losses of €150m annually
• Associations issue position paper on WEEE treatment standards
• European battery programme to promote repurposing and recycling
• Audi and Umicore to create loop for nickel and cobalt
• New chemical recycling projects for PS in Europe and the US
• Scholz opens new scrapyard at Danish deep-sea port
• Ineos Styrolution and Agilyx advance PS project
• Options for reusing and recycling batteries from electric vehicles
• China releases first batch of recovered paper import licences
• RDF supplier Geminor seeks to expand into the French market

Markets

• EUWID Index: Material Value of Fridges and Freezers for Recycling
• Primary plastics in Germany
• NF scrap metals in Germany
• Upcoming market reports

Policy

• Dutch tax on wastes imported for incineration goes into effect
• Roadmap for new circular economy action plan published
• Only slow progress in raising WEEE collection volumes

• Companies and institutions appearing in the current issue