27.05.2020 − The French group Derichebourg expects its ferrous and non-ferrous metals recycling business to recover by autumn, at the earliest. Activity levels have made good progress since bottoming out at the beginning of April....» more

22.05.2020 − The future of the financially strapped Franco-German metal group Recylex is tightly linked to the fate of the German subsidiary Weser-Metall GmbH and its lead smelter in Nordenham, Germany. "Recylex S.A.'s capacity to...» more

18.05.2020 − Recycling must be included among the sectors supported in the recovery plans being drafted by the EU and its member states, says Plastics Recyclers Europe. » more

14.05.2020 − The Recylex Group has applied for creditor protection under German law for its subsidiaries Weser-Metall GmbH, Harz-Metall GmbH, Norzinco GmbH and PPM Pure Metals GmbH. » more

12.05.2020 − Austria’s Alpla group started up a second PET regranulation line in Poland at the beginning of May. The new line doubles capacity at the subsidiary PET Recycling Team in Radomsko from 15,000 to 30,000 tonnes a year of...» more

12.05.2020 − The European Commission's Competition Directorate-General sees no obstacles to the sale of the British waste company Viridor to the private equity firm KKR.» more

07.05.2020 − The waste division of the French environmental services group Veolia generated worldwide revenues of €2.47bn in the first quarter of 2020. This is a slight increase of 0.6 per cent.» more

05.05.2020 − The suspense surrounding the Aurubis-Metallo takeover deal is over. On Monday, the EU Commission gave its approval for the acquisition of the Belgian-Spanish Metallo group by the primary and secondary copper producer...» more

30.04.2020 − Suez's waste management activities were the group's business area most heavily hit by the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2020. » more

29.04.2020 − The German waste management giant Remondis intends to acquire sites which have been put up for sale by competitor Veolia Umweltservice West GmbH. » more

23.04.2020 − There will be no IFAT in 2020. The trade fair for environmental technology and services, held every two years in Munich, Germany, has become the latest victim to the coronavirus crisis. » more

22.04.2020 − The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has upheld the decision of the German competition authority barring waste group Remondis from taking over the packaging compliance scheme Duales System Deutschland (DSD).» more

21.04.2020 − Indian recyclers continue to struggle as secondary raw material imports get bogged down in ports and shipping companies fail to waive charges for delayed freight removal as advised by the government.» more

15.04.2020 − The German ferrous and non-ferrous metals recycler Scholz posted lower revenue and earnings figures for 2019.» more

03.04.2020 − The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) urges governments to formally recognise that recycling operations are essential businesses as they serve to protect human health and the environment.» more

02.04.2020 − Remondis subsidiary TSR now owns a large share of Sims' e-waste business in Europe. Sims announced that the transaction had been concluded and was effective 30 September 2019. » more

25.03.2020 − The umbrella organisations Euric and FEAD call on decisionmakers across Europe to recognise the essential role of the recycling and waste management industry in protecting human health and the environment and in...» more

19.03.2020 − British waste management company Viridor is to be sold for £4.2bn to investment funds managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR). Viridor's parent company Pennon announced on Wednesday that it had entered a...» more

18.03.2020 − The conglomerate Franz Haniel & Cie is weighing the disposal of its stainless steel recycling subsidiary ELG. As part of a strategic reorientation, options including "possible sales scenarios" are to be explored. » more

16.03.2020 − The Dutch end-of-life vehicle recycling organisation ARN is divesting its processing plant for automotive shredder residue.» more

12.03.2020 − IFAT organisers, Messe München, decided Wednesday night that the trade fair will be postponed and will not go ahead as scheduled from 4 to 8 May. » more

11.03.2020 − The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) is being postponed due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, organisers announced on Wednesday. » more

10.03.2020 − The European Union member states exported a total of 21.8 million tonnes of steel scrap, with a value of €6.0bn, to countries outside the EU (third countries) last year. According to newly released provisional figures...» more

05.03.2020 − Despite the cancellation of other major events due to concerns surrounding the spread of Covid-19, the Messe München still plans to hold the IFAT trade fair as planned, a spokesperson told EUWID on Tuesday. The event,...» more

28.02.2020 − The waste management activities of French group Veolia generated global revenue of €10.2 billion last year.» more

27.02.2020 − French group Danone wants to expand the use of recycled PET and reduce single-use plastics.» more

26.02.2020 − The French environmental group Suez raised its revenue and results in 2019, closing the year with net earnings of €352m.» more

25.02.2020 − Last year, 48.6 million tonnes of recovered paper were used to manufacture new paper and board products by the members of the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI).» more

19.02.2020 − Sims Metal Management has reported a sharp drop in both sales and earnings for the first half of its financial year, ended 31 December. In what CEO Alistair Field described as a "period that has been challenging...» more

16.02.2020 − The financially stricken group Recylex experienced another sharp fall in its sales in 2019. In mid-February, the company announced that its consolidated group sales had dropped 16 per cent in a year-on-year comparison...» more