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

17.09.2019 − The US-Australian scrap metals giant Sims Metal Management revised its earnings forecast downward early this week . It was now predicting that its results for the first half of its 2020 financial year will be...» more

12.09.2019 − The Dutch waste management company HVC has announced its intention to take over waste incineration plant operator AEB Amsterdam, according to the company. The necessary due diligence audit would begin immediately, with...» more

11.09.2019 − A closed-loop recycling system for lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles (EV) is the objective of a new project supported by the environmental services group Suez, the chemicals giant BASF and the mining and...» more

10.09.2019 − Remondis is expanding its presence in the Netherlands. On Monday, the company entered a binding agreement with the waste management group Renewi to acquire the industrial cleaning specialist Reym B.V. The takeover,...» more

05.09.2019 − The European RDF Industry Group wants the Dutch government to walk back plans for a tax on waste imports destined for incineration or landfilling. The body, which represents businesses across the RDF (refuse-derived...» more

29.08.2019 − The German ferrous scrap recycler Scholz suffered a significant drop in revenues and profits in the first half of the current financial year. According to a new financial report from the company's Chinese parent Chiho...» more

28.08.2019 − An increasing number of companies active in paper collection and recovery are "ceasing to operate on a temporary or permanent basis". » more

26.08.2019 − International recycler Sims Metal Management reported that earnings in its most recent financial year had suffered due to the trade conflict between the USA and China. "This year has been challenging for all recycling...» more

21.08.2019 − Remondis is expanding and vertically integrating its LDPE recycling activities.» more

14.08.2019 − The Chiho Environmental Group expects to see a "significant" decline in earnings for the first six months of the current business year. » more

01.08.2019 − French environmental group Veolia reports strong growth in revenue for its world-wide waste management operations. » more

31.07.2019 − The environment division of FCC closed out the first half of 2019 with revenue growth in both its home market of Spain and in Central and Eastern Europe.» more

30.07.2019 − Following the German competition authority’s decision to block Remondis' takeover of the Green Dot company DSD, the dispute is entering a new round. » more

26.07.2019 − The European waste management operations of environmental services group Suez have raised their revenue and earnings in the first half of 2019. » more