11.02.2020 − Covanta has reached financial close on the Newhurst Energy from Waste facility in Leicestershire together with its project partners Biffa and Green Investment Group. » more

10.02.2020 − The Belgian materials technology group Umicore earned significantly more in its recycling operations last year. The division's sales rose by 9 per cent to €681m. » more

06.02.2020 − Derichebourg saw scrap metal sales volumes decrease in October and November 2019. The French concern said the decline was the main reason for lower earnings in the first four months of its business year.» more

30.01.2020 − Waste-derived fuels will become the preferred energy source for cement production, according to the Norwegian RDF supplier Geminor.» more

23.01.2020 − Worldwide raw materials consumption continues to rise sharply, outstripping gains in the use of secondary raw materials. » more

22.01.2020 − The Amsterdam city government intends to sell the waste incineration plant operator Afval Energie Bedrijf (AEB) and will present the decision in principle to the city council in February. » more

17.01.2020 − The Swiss consumer goods group Nestlé plans to help create a market for food-grade recycled plastics and support innovation.» more

10.01.2020 − Waste to energy (wte) is still a growth market in Europe. Around 50 additional plants with capacity to treat roughly 18 million tonnes a year will get up and running over the next five years.» more

20.12.2019 − The plant engineering company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) has completed the construction of the the Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) Energy-from-Waste (EfW) plant in West Yorkshire and turned the plant over to its client. » more

17.12.2019 − The paper and paper products manufacturer Smurfit Kappa wants to set up its own packaging waste recovery system in Germany in cooperation with investors Hermann-Josef Gerke and Michael Mevissen. "As Europe's...» more

06.12.2019 − The French environmental services group Veolia is restructuring its waste activities in Germany. The company is to sell some of its entities in the West region with all related assets.» more

05.12.2019 − The Sino-US trade ware and other geopolitical developments adversely impacted Derichebourg's recycling activities.» more

29.11.2019 − Energy group Eon plans to build a new biomass power plant to supply energy to UPM's paper mill in Hürth, Germany. » more

25.11.2019 − Sims Metal Management is withdrawing from the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Europe. The company is divesting its "compliance scheme oriented recycling operations". » more

20.11.2019 − The European Commission has concerns about the proposed acquisition of the Belgian-Spanish recycler Metallo by Aurubis. » more

13.11.2019 − The British waste company Biffa posted "strong performance" in the first half of its 2019/20 financial year, according to CEO Michael Topham, who presented the company's financials on Wednesday. Revenues net of landfill...» more

13.11.2019 − The Belgian plastics distributor and recycler Ravago and the chemicals group Neste want to develop the chemical recycling of plastic waste on a large scale. The objective of the cooperation is to achieve capacity to...» more

07.11.2019 − Veolia's waste management operations have benefited from higher waste volumes and prices in the first three quarters of 2019. » more

04.11.2019 − The packaging manufacturer Alpla is further expanding its plastics recycling activities: In Spain, the company has taken over the recyclers Suminco S.A., located in Montcada, and Replacal S.L located in the city of...» more

30.10.2019 − Price increases helped drive growth in revenue for Suez’s Recycling & Recovery Europe division.» more

25.10.2019 − Swedish group Stena Metall has raised its annual turnover and net result in a difficult market environment. » more

24.10.2019 − The German waste company Remondis and the chemicals concern Neste want to jointly develop and accelerate chemical recycling of waste plastics. » more

23.10.2019 − The French group Total has decided to double the production capacity of its subsidiary Synova in response to growing demand for high-performance recycled materials. » more

22.10.2019 − The European Commission has raised no objections to state aid for the waste to energy plant in Gdańsk, Poland. The €64m aid “will contribute to the EU’s energy and environmental objectives without unduly distorting...» more

17.10.2019 − Plastics producer LyondellBasell will build a small-scale pilot "molecular recycling" plant in Italy to move towards converting difficult to recycle post-consumer plastic waste into new plastic.» more

11.10.2019 − The construction materials group LafargeHolcim has officially opened new facilities expanding the use of refuse-derived fuels (RDF) at a site in France. » more

08.10.2019 − The consumer goods group Unilever wants to reduce its absolute consumption of plastic packaging by more than 100,000 tonnes per year by 2025. At the same time, it says it will accelerate the use of recycled plastics. In...» more

07.10.2019 − Ownership of Amsterdam's ailing waste-to-energy company AEB will not be transferred to the Dutch waste company HVC. On Friday, HVC announced that despite "constructive" meetings with the City of Amsterdam, the two had...» more

04.10.2019 − Germany’s Schwarz Group has taken a further step to expand its international recycling activities with the purchase of Austrian plastics recycler Sky Plastic Group AG.» more

27.09.2019 − Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurer, plans to purchase a stake in the waste incineration plant in Poolbeg, Dublin. The EU Commission approved the acquisition in a simplified control procedure on Wednesday. The...» more