Certified waste management specialist company for processing and trading of aluminium, plastic and paper recyclates from industrial waste
Wafa Trading & Recycling GmbH
Hockenheim (DE)New on Amplifa
About WTR
Wafa Trading & Recycling GmbH (WTR) is a family-run recycling and trading company founded in 2016 in Mannheim and headquartered in Hockenheim. The company serves industrial and commercial customers along the entire recycling chain: it develops customized waste disposal concepts including container placement and logistics planning, handles the collection or delivery of waste, and processes the materials in its own 2,000 m² warehouse on a 10,000 m² site. The processing includes manual sorting services including the separation of composite materials, a cutting service with a modern guillotine, and an industrial baling press service for volume reduction. Materials processed include aluminium (lacquered, bright, laminated, blister) and plastics (PET, PP, PVC, PVDC, HDPE, LDPE, PE/PA, PE/PP) as well as paper and cardboard grades such as kraft paper and greyboard. The processed secondary raw materials in the form of bales, reels, granulate, sheets or loose material are sold to processors in the packaging, automotive and paper industries – with an import/export network spanning eleven countries. Approximately 4,096 tonnes of material are recycled annually; mass balances and emission records document the CO₂ savings. WTR is a certified waste management specialist company (ZUUM) and is notified for transboundary waste shipments.
- Site
- Hockenheim
- Processes
- Industrial baling press service (pressing production waste into bales), Cutting service with modern guillotine (cutting into precisely defined formats), Baling press service, Cutting service (guillotine), Sorting service, Consulting & waste disposal concepts, Container placement and logistics planning, Transport/collection
- Materials
- ALU-Lacquered, ALU-Paper, ALU-Bright, ALU-Laminated with Plastic, ALU-Blister, PET, PP, PVC
- Certificates
- ZUUM Certificate – Waste Management Specialist Company, Certificate of Attendance for EfbV Training (§ 9 para. 3 EfbV / § 56 para. 3, Notification of Transboundary Waste Shipments, Certificate of the Police Union (Prevention Work), EfbV Training (§ 9 para. 3 EfbV / § 56 para. 3 KrWG)
- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 12
- Industries
- Packaging industry, Automotive industry, Paper industry
- 01
Consulting & waste disposal concept incl. container placement and logistics
- 02
Collection & pickup or delivery of recyclable materials
- 03
Sorting (manual pre-sorting, grade-pure separation of composite materials)
- 04
Processing (baling, cutting with guillotine)
- 05
Storage by quality classes
- 06
- 07
Mass balances, emission records & CO₂ balance
Materials & Material Classes
Aluminium (lacquered, bright, paper- or plastic-laminated, blister)
Aluminium scrap from production and packaging is sorted, cut and processed into bales or sheets for return to industry.
Plastics (PET, PP, PVC, PVDC, HDPE, LDPE, PE/PA, PE/PP)
Plastic waste and films are sorted and offered as bales, reels, granulate or loose materials as secondary raw materials.
Paper scrap is sorted, cut into defined formats with the guillotine and returned to the paper industry.
Site
Hockenheim
DEHeadquarters, warehouse and processing
- Materials
- Aluminium, Plastics, Paper
- Baling press (2025)
- Guillotine (2022)
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial baling press service (pressing production waste into bales)Forming | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Plastics, Paper |
| Cutting service with modern guillotine (cutting into precisely defined formats)Machining | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Paper, Films |
| Testing | – | – | – | – | Paper, Plastics, Metals, Composite materials |
| Engineering | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Plastics, Paper |
2 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baling Press | – | 1 | – | 2025 | Hockenheim |
| Guillotine (Cutting Machine) | – | 1 | – | 2022 | Hockenheim |
Additional services
Quality & Certification
All recycling processes and materials are regularly certified; mass balances and emission records document the CO₂ savings. Storage takes place by quality classes.
| Evidence | Hockenheim |
|---|---|
| ZUUM Certificate – Waste Management Specialist Company | |
| EfbV Training (§ 9 para. 3 EfbV / § 56 para. 3 KrWG) | |
| Notification of Transboundary Waste Shipments | |
| Certificate of the Police Union (Prevention Work) |
Company History
- 2016
Founded in Mannheim with a two-person team; start of purchasing, sorting and trading of recyclable materials
- 2017
First warehouse with 500 m²
- 2018
Development from a street trader to a waste management company with its own sorting and transport services; Hisham Khan joins the company
- 2019
Move to a new 2,000 m² warehouse
- 2020
Initial certification and expansion of the team to 6 people
- 2021
Second certification (waste management specialist company pursuant to EfbV)
- 2022
Purchase of a 10,000 m² site in Hockenheim, third certification and purchase of a guillotine
- 2023
Move to the new warehouse and fourth certification
- 2024
Fifth certification
- 2025
Installation of a baling press, expansion of services and team growth to 12 employees