Business

• ELV Directive needs update to address the growing market share of electric vehicles
• Authorities raid Austrian waste firms suspected of cartel law violations
• Wheelabrator: Overcapacity concerns: UK government blocks wte project
• Remondis acquires Dutch skip-hire firm Aalderson
• Suez presents “binding offer” for takeover by Ardian and GIP
• B&W plans growth with waste to energy and carbon capture
• Wte specialist EEW achieved record earnings in 2019
• NGOs oppose flexible mass balance approach
• No drop in US plastic scrap exports despite new restrictions
• Alpla UK will purchase recycled PET from Biffa
• Fulcrum and Essar Oil firm up plans for UK waste to fuel plant
• Sweden: Stadler and Tomra supply waste textiles sorting plant
• CMRA names firms certified for imports of NF scrap to China
• Malaysia prepares to tighten import rules for scrap metals and RCP
• Growth in renewable energies weakens climate case for EfW

Markets

• Recovered paper in the UK
• Recovered paper in Germany
• Steel scrap in Germany
• NF scrap metals in Germany

Policy

• Council backs same limit values for primary and recycled material
• Germany expects no shortage of recycled plastic for bottles
• UK ecodesign regulations to create right to repair

• News in brief: Kipas Kagit again postponed start-up of new paper machine
• News in brief: Kruger considers restarting recycled pulp mill in Québec
• News in brief: Modern Karton improves mill‘s capacity to handle contaminated RCP
• Companies and institutions appearing in the current issue