Landbell

German waste take-back service provider

Landbell AG für Rückhol-Systeme

Company type| Private
Industry| Waste, Environ Service, Equipment
Founded| 1995; 30 years ago (1995) in Mainz, Germany
Founder| Frank Binder
Headquarters|

Mainz

Germany

Key people

| Jan Patrick Schulz (CEO)
Tim Scholz (CFO)
Owner| Frank Binder

Number of employees

| 320 (2018[1])

Landbell AG für Rückhol-Systeme – or Landbell Group - is a service provider that carries out take-back and recycling obligations for companies.[2] It supports companies in meeting their extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations and other product and packaging related requirements.[3] The company operates worldwide through its own network of producer responsibility organisations (PROs). Landbell Group's head office is located in Mainz.[4]

## History

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Landbell AG was founded in September 1995 as a local waste management company in Germany. Its aim was to support companies with their obligation to take back and recycle their sales packaging. It developed its own take-back scheme in a pilot project in cooperation with the Lahn-Dill district.[5][6][7] In August 2003, Landbell was approved as a packaging compliance scheme in the federal state of Hesse.[8] Up to this point, Duales System Deutschland GmbH (DSD) had been the only such option in Germany.[citation needed] In August 2006, Landbell was approved nationwide as a packaging compliance scheme. In 2009, the business started to support companies based abroad with their recycling obligations in Germany.

## Expansion

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In 2014 they merged with European Recycling Platform (ERP) and founded the Landbell Group.[9][10] ERP had been created in 2002 by Hewlett-Packard, Electrolux, Sony and Procter & Gamble in response to the introduction of the European Union's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, and the Batteries Directive which was adopted in 2006.[11] Landbell Group expanded its services to include WEEE and batteries in 15 countries.

Since 2014, Landbell Group acquired further companies, including H2 Compliance (in 2016),[12] and holds shares in numerous other companies, including TerraCycle GmbH in the DACH region.[13]

## Company structure and memberships

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Jan Patrick Schulz is CEO of Landbell Group since 1 July 2007.[14][15] Tim Scholz is CFO since 2019.[16] Frank Binder is the main shareholder since the company‘s foundation.[17] The company has been family-owned for over 20 years. Today, the group of companies is represented in 24 locations in 19 countries worldwide and employs around 320 employees from 32 nations.[18] In 2019, the company operated 32 approved take-back schemes for packaging, WEEE or batteries in 14 countries.

In 2019, Landbell Group joined the waste and recycling alliance, Prevent.[19] The alliance was established by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development to promote the expansion of a functioning waste and recycling management system in emerging and developing countries.[20][21]

As an international company, Landbell Group offers solutions[buzzword] for producers and retailers to help them comply with their obligations under global environmental and chemical legislation.[22] This is done through the operation of take-back schemes for packaging, WEEE and batteries, as well as worldwide consulting and compliance services relating to EPR and chemicals legislation.[23]

## References

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1. ^ "Want to learn more about Landbell Group?". landbell-group.com. May 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
2. ^ "bvse - Landbell Group stärkt seine Unternehmensführung für internationale Positionierung" [Landbell Group strengthens its corporate management for international positioning] (in German). Retrieved February 19, 2020.
3. ^ "Landbell Group: Building closed loop recycling programmes: the challenges and lessons learned". edie. January 16, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
4. ^ "Landbell AG Fuer Rueckhol-Systeme". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
5. ^ "Machtkampf um Müll. Der Lahn-Dill-Kreis erklärt dem DSD den Kampf. Den Schlachtplan liefert die Metro". Der Handel (in German). 1998. pp. 20–22.20-22&rft.date=1998&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Landbell" class="Z3988">
6. ^ "Verpackungskongreß Baden-Baden". BRAUWELT Nr. 28/29 (in German). 1999.
7. ^ "Lahn-Dill-Kreis spürt Widerstand". Lebensmittel Zeitung (in German). 1998.
8. ^ "Bewegung im Monopol. Duales System". Der Handel (in German). 2003. pp. 18–22, 24.18-22,+24&rft.date=2003&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Landbell" class="Z3988">
9. ^ "Landbell Group – Engineering Circular Economy". Retrieved February 19, 2020.
10. ^ "Clearwater International advises Landbell Group on acquisition of European Recycling Platform". clearwaterinternational.com. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
11. ^ "German Landbell Group becomes a shareholder of ERP". SEWA a.s. July 9, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
12. ^ "H2 Compliance Chemical and Environmental Regulatory Compliance". July 28, 2003. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
13. ^ Ragaza, Angelo (October 27, 2017). "Nie wieder Müll?" [No more trash?] (in German). Retrieved February 19, 2020.
14. ^ "Wechselfälle". Manager Magazin (in German). February 23, 2007.
15. ^ "Landbell 's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions". Retrieved February 19, 2020.
16. ^ "Landbell AG für Rückhol-Systeme - Vorstand: Tim Scholz · Prokura: Wojciech Wiktor Swietochowski · Nicht mehr Vorstand: Udo Knopf". northdata.de (in German). February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
17. ^ "Erben Merck: Flüssig" [Erben Merck: Liquid]. bilanz.ch (in German). February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
18. ^ "LANDBELL GROUP-OUR COMPANY AND VISION" (PDF). January 29, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
19. ^ "LANDBELL GROUP TRITT ABFALL-ALLIANZ "PREVENT" BEI" [LANDBELL GROUP JOINS WASTE ALLIANCE "PREVENT]. landbell-group.com (in German). August 1, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
20. ^ "Official launching event". prevent-waste.net. May 9, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
21. ^ "PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT". Plasteurope.com. May 21, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
22. ^ "Landbell Goup [sic]: Recycling – für deutsche Verbraucher ein wichtiges Thema" [Landbell Group: Recycling - an important topic for German consumers] (in German). February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
23. ^ "LANDBELL GROUP: OUR COMPANY AND VISION" (PDF) (in German). January 29, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.

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