Business

• Veolia and Suez reach agreement in principle on the general terms of a merger
• Remondis, Schwarz Group and Paprec bid for Cespa
• Suez wins new municipal waste contracts in France
• EU grants approval for Prezero take-over of Suez waste activities
• Growth in waste volumes, energy sales and revenues for EEW
• Uskmouth power plant project: Welsh government to decide
• AVR posts “satisfactory” earnings in pandemic year
• HZI named preferred bidder for Scottish EfW project
• Sales of up to €15bn for illicit waste operators in Europe in 2019
• Bvse blasts steel industry’s efforts to achieve EU ban on scrap exports
• Tomra sees itself well positioned for stricter rules on waste exports
• Schnitzer Steel posts “best results in a decade” in Q2
• EU’s steel scrap exports to Turkey reach new record in 2020
• New paper mill in the pipeline in Malaysia

Markets

• Recovered paper in the UK
• Recovered paper in Poland
• Strong growth in Germany’s RCP imports
• Recovered paper in Germany
• Waste textiles in Germany
• Steel scrap in Germany
• NF scrap metals in Germany
• Upcoming market reports

Policy

• Group of countries to lay groundwork for plastics agreement
• Malaysia imposes levy on imports of plastic scrap
• UK considers recycling targets for laminated paper packaging
• Illicit waste management a growth sector for organised crime

• Company news: Wersa AG plans pyrolysis facility in Wales
• News in brief: Palm plans to start up new containerboard machine in Q2
• Companies and institutions appearing in the current issue