{"id":12806,"date":"2025-09-04T13:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/?p=12806"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:55:23","slug":"circular-economy-industry-update-q3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/news\/circular-economy-industry-update-q3-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Circular Economy &#8211; Industry Update Q3 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Our five key takes on the current market environment<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steady generation of waste materials<\/strong> within the EU, with <strong>rising FTE levels<\/strong> across all regions in the status quo paired with steadily increasing resource productivity underscore <strong>rising reusage and recycling market<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rising recycling initiatives<\/strong> and increased common ground for waste treatment will <strong>boost M&amp;A market<\/strong>, unlocking acquisition rationales from market presence in adjacent geographies to expert know-how in selected waste treatment methods<\/li>\n<li>Revenue decrease from 2022 to today driven by unusually high transport freight rates paired with spiked raw material and recyclables prices. <strong>Very robust business model<\/strong> proven by robust EBITDA and EBIT profitability<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rising transaction activity<\/strong>, both from financial sponsors as well as strategic buyers with <strong>region-focussed consolidation<\/strong> initiatives. Buy-and-Build possibilities with high attractivity for Private Equity investors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steady valuation environment<\/strong>, driven by low-volatility business model, seeing high demand of services throughout macro difficulties and other crises<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Download full report<\/h3>\n<p>To explore the full report \u2013 including market drivers &amp; differentiations and the valuation environment in the circular economy \u2013 download the full report at the top of the page.<\/p>\n<h3>Get in touch<\/h3>\n<p>If you have any questions about the report or the circular economy market, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/team\/nils-petter-palmefors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nils Petter Palmefors<\/a> from our Stockholm office or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/team\/franz-schranner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franz Schranner<\/a> from our Hamburg office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our five key takes on the current market environment Steady generation of waste materials within the EU, with rising FTE levels across all regions in the status quo paired with steadily increasing resource productivity underscore rising reusage and recycling market Rising recycling initiatives and increased common ground for waste treatment will boost M&amp;A market, unlocking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Circular Economy - Industry Update Q3 2025 | MCF Corporate Finance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the latest insights in the Circular Economy - Industry Update Q3 2025, including trends in recycling and resource productivity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/sv\/news\/circular-economy-industry-update-q3-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sv_SE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Circular Economy - Industry Update Q3 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the latest insights in the Circular Economy - Industry Update Q3 2025, including trends in recycling and resource productivity.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/news\/circular-economy-industry-update-q3-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCF Corporate Finance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-04T11:51:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-05T14:55:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ciruclar-Economy.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1074\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elaine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Skriven av\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Elaine\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Ber\u00e4knad l\u00e4stid\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minuter\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/news\/circular-economy-industry-update-q3-2025\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/news\/circular-economy-industry-update-q3-2025\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elaine\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcfcorpfin.com\/sv\/#\/schema\/person\/df01335479affe06ee9258de9a312f6e\"},\"headline\":\"Circular Economy &#8211; 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