Thüringen Recycling GmbH

About Thüringen Recycling

Thüringen Recycling GmbH (TRE), headquartered in Erfurt, is a certified specialist waste management company that organizes the collection, transport and recovery of waste and recyclable materials for industry, commerce, trades, service providers, gastronomy and public-sector organizations. The range of services includes container services, commercial and construction site waste disposal, recyclable materials recycling for waste paper, scrap and old metals, plastics, waste wood and waste glass as well as green cuttings and biogenic waste. Another focus is data-protection-compliant file and data media destruction with a destruction certificate as well as secure file archiving. Via the waste paper logistics center opened in 2010 with 11,000 sqm of hall space in Erfurt and national and international secondary raw material trading, the company supplies, among others, the Siemens Energy generator plant in Erfurt. The group includes raw material trading in China (MIT Miracle International Trading) and Mexico (Grupo Holck) as well as the subsidiaries Hofeditz Industriedienstleistungen (industrial cleaning, surface treatment) and Ortlieb Hochdruckwassertechnik. Since 2023, TRE has been the first company in the Free State of Thuringia to deploy fully electric trucks.

Site

Erfurt

Processes

Container service, Disposal and transport/logistics, Recyclable materials recycling (waste paper, scrap/old metals, plastics, waste wood, waste glass), Commercial waste and construction site waste disposal, Green cuttings/biogenic waste, File destruction and data media destruction, File archiving/storage, Secondary raw material wholesale (national/international)

Materials

Waste Paper and Cardboard, Scrap and Old Metals, Plastics, Waste Wood, Waste Glass, Construction Rubble and Construction Site Waste, Green Cuttings and Biogenic Waste

Certificates

Specialist waste management company (EfbV)

Founded

1950

Industries

Industry, Commerce, Trades, Service sector, Gastronomy, Public-sector organizations

1. 01

   Collection/container placement at the customer's site

2. 02

   GPS-monitored transport

3. 03

   Sorting and recovery

4. 04

   Secondary raw material wholesale, national/international

Recyclable Materials and Services

Locations

Erfurt

DE

Headquarters, waste paper logistics center, file destruction

Materials

waste paper, scrap, plastics, waste wood, waste glass

• Logistics center with 11,000 sqm hall space
• three-stage file shredder
• container storage yard

Bad Langensalza

DE

Branch office, container service and disposal

Weimar

DE

Branch office, container service and disposal

Services

Inside the production

Quality and Certification

As a certified specialist waste management company under the Specialist Waste Management Companies Ordinance (EfbV), the quality of services is regularly reviewed and confirmed by independent experts.

History

1. 1950

   Founded as VEB SeRo; establishment of a network of over 900 collection points in the Erfurt administrative district

2. 1991

   Privatization of VEB SeRo by Michael Dresel and Günter Münster; renamed Thüringen Recycling Erfurt GmbH

3. 1995

   Restructuring completed; focus on secondary raw material wholesale with branches in Erfurt, Bad Langensalza and Weimar

4. 2009

   Founding of the sales subsidiary MIT Miracle International Trading in Dalian (China)

5. 2010

   Opening of the Central German Waste Paper Logistics Center in Erfurt with 11,000 sqm of hall space

6. 2015

   Acquisition of Hofeditz Industriedienstleistungen GmbH in Baunatal

7. 2019

   Acquisition of Ortlieb Hochdruckwassertechnik GmbH

8. 2023

   First company in the Free State of Thuringia with fully electric trucks (two E-Volvo tractor units)