Lome processing in Germany in 2013 will be reduced by 10 percent

German scrap processing enterprises involve a reduction in revolutions by about 10 percent per current calendar year. Compared to 2012, processing volumes decreased by an average of 5 percent, which led to a very cautious investment policy and modest personnel contractions, as the Federation of German Steel Processors and Waste at its annual meeting said.

The data was obtained by surveying members of the Association at the Economic Forum. About 21 percent of the companies participating in the survey await improvements for doing business next year, in accordance with BDSV. However, they also said that in 2013 they were burdened with excessive environmental regulation measures and limiting processing rules introduced by Germany’s laws on closed waste use of waste.

Association President Hainer Gruger called for normative denunciations for the private sector to collect garbage from the population. The new law provides municipalities with exclusive access to recyclables collected from dwellings, giving the public sector the potential to create a monopoly, experts say. The private sector of the processors will have access to recyclables at the discretion of state authorities at waste management.

Association believes that the law violates the principle of commercial training and creates difficulties for small processing enterprises in order to maintain competitiveness. The Association claims that many small collectors can be replaced from business if the municipalities will control the processing system.