Business

• Veolia reports strong growth from waste management activities in first half of 2018
• Changes in Veolia’s executive committee and new contract
• Veolia starts operations at solar module recycling plant
• Suez benefits from increase in waste volumes for its operations in Europe
• AO Recycling to build second fridge recycling plant in the UK
• Suez: new contracts in France worth €400m in total
• Life cycle assessments “fail” on plastic pollution
• PET Recycler Sorepla sold to Indorama Ventures
• Packaging producer Færch Plast acquires 4PET Group
• Supporters of minimum recycled content mandates for plastic products join forces
• The non-ferrous scrap metals market in Germany
• LyondellBasell and KIT enter chemical recycling cooperation
• Neste: Chemical recycling should count towards reaching plastic recycling targets

Markets

• The waste wood market in Germany
• The recovered paper market in Italy
• The recovered paper market in France
• The waste plastics market in Germany
• The primary plastics market in Germany
• EUWID Index: Material Value of Fridges and Freezers for Recycling
• PET bottles in Germany
• WEEE management in Germany
• Upcoming EUWID market reports in August
• LME and Comex prices

Policy

• Vietnam and Malaysia join Thailand with new import restrictions on some waste streams
• UK’s National Audit Office: government not facing underlying packaging recycling issues
• Madrid draft waste plans calls for closure of waste incineration plant by the year 2025
• UK Greens: “incineration boom” is hurting recycling rates

• News in brief