20.03.2019 − The environmental services company Veolia and the food and beverage group Nestlé want to cooperate more closely in the collection, sorting and recycling of plastic waste. Plastic packaging is to be the focus of the...» more

28.02.2019 − The French start-up Carbios has made its first PET bottles out of 100 per cent recycled plastic. The French company uses an enzyme to break down PET waste into its components – at a temperature of 60 degrees. Carbios...» more

27.02.2019 − Suez's European waste management operations posted revenues of €6.206bn for 2018, representing organic growth of 2.7 per cent, Suez announced at the presentation of its annual results for 2018 in Paris on Wednesday...» more

26.02.2019 − A consortium consisting of the Spanish construction concern Acciona, Indaver and Keppel Seghers has been selected to build and operate a waste to energy (wte) plant in north-eastern Scotland. The final go ahead for the...» more

21.02.2019 − The French environmental services concern Veolia was able to increase both revenue and profits in 2018. Its "solid and continuously profitable growth" had continued, said CEO Antoine Frérot at the presentation...» more

20.02.2019 − The past six months have been "challenging for all recyclers globally", said Alistair Field, CEO and managing director of Sims Metal Management, today at the presentation of the company's first-half earnings report.» more

19.02.2019 − The EU Commission's competition directorate-general has approved the creation of a joint venture by two German companies.» more

04.02.2019 − The plant technology company B&W Vølund has turned over its flagship waste to energy (wte) project in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The Amager Bakke or Copenhill plant has drawn international attention because...» more

30.01.2019 − Germany’s Schwarz Group wants to raise its revenues from waste management and recycling to €750m in the next five years.» more

30.01.2019 − Germany's largest waste management company is expanding its presence in the Netherlands. Remondis purchased waste collection and treatment activities belonging to the Dutch environmental services company Rutgers Milieu...» more

24.01.2019 − Packaging industry associations from Germany and France have welcomed the foundation of the new "Alliance to End Plastic Waste" as an important step in the battle against marine plastic pollution. » more

23.01.2019 − The Finnish sorting technology specialist ZenRobotics has appointed Wolfgang Schiller as its new CEO. Mr Schiller previously worked for the Augsburg-based industrial robotics group Kuka for 13 years. He most recently...» more

21.01.2019 − In a financial half that CEO Alistair Field described as "challenging for all recycling companies globally", Sims Metal Management reports a decrease in underlying earnings before interest and tax. Underlying Ebit was...» more

16.01.2019 − International companies in the petrochemical, plastics and consumer goods industries plan to invest $1.5bn over the next five years to reduce plastic pollution. » more

16.01.2019 − The food products multinational Nestlé has become the newest partner in the Stop Ocean Plastics (STOP) project, which aims to combat marine pollution from plastic waste, particularly in Southeast Asia. STOP was launched...» more

11.01.2019 − Raising the amount of recycled plastics that is incorporated into new products as envisioned by the EU Plastics Strategy is “practically impossible” under the current conditions.» more

10.01.2019 − The Remondis parent concern Rethmann has completed a planned investment in the public transport operator Transdev.» more

08.01.2019 − The Norwegian refuse-derived fuel (RDF) supplier Geminor is transporting processed household waste from Italy to Scandinavia so that it can be thermally treated northern Europe. A ship carrying RDF from Italy reached a...» more

21.12.2018 − The French environmental company Suez will see a change at its helm next year. Bertrand Camus will succeed Jean-Louis Chaussade as CEO on 14 May. This decision was taken unanimously by the board of directors yesterday,...» more

13.12.2018 − More than 80 new waste incineration plants with a combined annual capacity of around 25 million tonnes went into operation worldwide in 2017, according to Ecoprog.» more