Stefan Lang

Prezero plans to build a new sorting plant for lightweight packaging waste in cooperation with its Danish partner Solum AS, the German waste management company announced last week. A purchase contract for the 71,000 m² site in Holbæk where the sorting facility is to be built was signed last Wednesday, said the sister...

German plant builder Eggersmann has announced that it has successfully completed the construction of Denmark’s largest processing plant for lightweight packaging waste. The new facility in Esbjerg was commissioned by operator ReSource Denmark Aps, a 50-50 joint venture between the Norwegian chemical recycling firm...

The chemicals and polymers group Borealis has closed its takeover of the recycler Integra Plastics AD in early April. Borealis said that it now owned 100 per cent of the shares in the Bulgarian mechanical recycling company focusing on post-consumer polyolefins. This week, Borealis announced a €4.5m investment in the...

The mood among plastics recyclers in Germany remains subdued. Although sales volumes have improved somewhat, they are still far from the usual levels. Recyclers should be satisfied nowadays if they can reach capacity utilisation of around 80 per cent, players told EUWID in March. In many cases, companies have cut...

March was another pretty decent sales month for Germany’s PET recyclers. Mark-ups of €70-100 per tonne were often feasible for clear flakes amidst solid demand. Bottle producers were the primary source of demand, as the peak beverage season is just around the corner. Film producers had been buying more cautiously,...

Itelyum, an Italian company specialising in the management of liquid industrial waste, has acquired a significant stake in the firm Plasta Rei with the aim of becoming a major producer of chemically recycled PET in its home country. Itelyum and Plasta Rei say they are building an "advanced chemical recycling plant" in...

In February, there were still no signs of a widespread rebound in sales volumes on the waste plastics market in Germany. Although demand picked up in some sub-segments, it continues to lag pre-crisis levels, according to recyclers. Many companies are still sitting on inventory and most sales of regrind and regranulate...

PET recyclers in Germany experienced growth in their sales volumes in February. Demand for flakes was very decent to good, with market players reporting price increases, too. "For the first time in a really long while, we have some room to breathe," one recycler commented. Like other operators, though, this respondent...

Europe is importing more PET, with the amount doubling to 1.9 million tonnes between 2021 and 2022. Recyclers have warned that recycled PET imports might have a negative impact on future investments in new collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure in Europe. The ramifications for recyclers and for the...

Construction works have officially begun on a new recycling plant for end-of-life tyres (ELTs) to be located in Uddevalla, Sweden. The facility is the first of several full-scale recycling plants that Antin Infrastructure Partners and Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) plan to build through a joint venture which the...