AVR

AVR’s core material flow is residual waste processed in Dutch waste-to-energy installations, producing electricity and heat alongside bottom ash and other residues. The distinction matters: energy recovery is not material recycling, and bottom-ash metals or mineral fractions require their own quality and destination evidence. AVR’s 2025 annual-report update says a large part of Rozenburg’s operational capacity became available again during 2025, with all processing lines reported back in operation after the recovery program; a new turbine installation was still expected to be commissioned in 2026. The report also says total energy output remained below pre-fire levels in 2025. An older AVR annual report describes metal recovery from bottom ash and controlled use of mineral fractions, but that historic practice does not establish current tonnes, grades or buyers. Public sources reviewed do not give a current plant-by-plant annual waste balance, bottom-ash composition, metals yields, washing residues, verified mineral end uses, or uncontracted material volumes. The useful qualification path is one installation and reporting period: inbound residual-waste categories, energy exported, bottom ash generated, ferrous and non-ferrous products, mineral products, residues and final destinations. Keep carbon-capture or other development projects out of the operating flow until commissioning and measured performance are documented.

Collection
Waste companies
Region
Netherlands
Evidence through
Sources
3 public

Key facts

Company
AVR
Industry
Waste & Resource Recovery
Processes
Recycling, Incineration, Energy recovery
Regions
Europe
Countries
Netherlands
Evidence through
Sources
3 public sources

Energy recovery and material recovery are separate outputs

AVR processes residual waste to produce electricity and heat. Bottom ash is a separate downstream stream from which metals and mineral fractions may be recovered. Do not count electricity as recycled material or infer finished-product quality from a general recovery description.

Rozenburg’s recovery timeline affects comparisons

AVR’s 2025 annual-report update says capacity was gradually restored after the 2023 fire and that total energy output remained below pre-fire levels. A new turbine was expected in 2026. Compare current results with dated plant and line status, not a pre-fire nameplate baseline.

Bottom-ash products need current site evidence

Historical AVR reporting discusses metal extraction and controlled use of mineral fractions. Current tonnes, assays, residues, permits and receiving destinations were not established by the materials reviewed. Ask for a period-matched mass balance and customer receipts before treating an ash fraction as a secondary material.

Material Transition editorial interpretation

Select Rozenburg or Duiven and obtain the current permit, monthly accepted waste by source/category, incineration-line availability, net electricity and heat exported, bottom-ash weight and chemistry, ferrous/non-ferrous grades and weights, mineral-product specification and authorized end use, washing/sludge residues, downstream receipts, and contracted versus open lots. Verify 2026 turbine commissioning before counting incremental energy output.

Sources

  1. [1]
    AVR Annual Report 2025 update (opens in a new tab)

    avr.nl

    Official 2025 report summary states Rozenburg capacity recovery, restarted processing lines, energy output below pre-fire levels and a turbine expected in 2026. It supports current operating context, not material-product quantities.

  2. [2]
    AVR 2023 annual report: bottom ash discussion (opens in a new tab)

    avr.nl

    Official historical report describes bottom ash as metals and minerals, metal recovery and controlled mineral use. Historic process discussion only; not current yields or specifications.

  3. [3]
    AVR 2025 annual-report overview (opens in a new tab)

    avr.nl

    Official report overview confirms operational recovery and forward-looking turbine commissioning; the turbine remains a planned 2026 event in this cited summary.