RECYCLING magazine

What RECYCLING magazine does

RECYCLING magazin is a German B2B trade publication founded in 1940 that reports on economic, technical, and regulatory developments in the recycling and waste management industry. It serves recycling industry professionals, consultants, operators, and policymakers across the DACH region, operating from Munich with 51–100 employees. The publication delivers content across four editorial pillars: Market & Business (Markt & Unternehmen), Policy & Law (Politik & Recht), Science & Technology (Wissenschaft & Technologie), and Magazine (Magazin), with a German-primary website offering a parallel English version.

The product offering centers on a digital publishing platform (recycling-magazine.com) combined with a subscription-based weekly newsletter that distributes curated news, legislative updates, market trends, and practical reports to over 4,000 expert subscribers. The site is organized into discrete content sections, supports account-based article access, and increasingly uses AI-generated imagery (third-party tools such as Claude Sonnet and Adobe Firefly) for editorial illustrations. The publication appears to share operational infrastructure with VMN Media, a Dutch media entity that hosts its terms-and-conditions documents and image CDN, though no formal parent-company relationship is disclosed.

The business model is recurring subscription-driven, complemented by ancillary revenue from advertising, sponsored content, and account-based article access. Pricing is not publicly disclosed but subscription tiers are offered via the website. As a privately held niche vertical title with 80+ years of history, the company functions as a focused information intermediary rather than a scale-driven media platform, competing on editorial specialization and incumbency in the German recycling and waste management sector.

Name

RECYCLING magazine

Legal name

RECYCLING magazin

Website

https://recyclingmagazin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

RECYCLING magazin is a German B2B trade publication founded in 1940 that delivers weekly news, regulatory updates, and analysis on the recycling and waste management industry to over 4,000 expert subscribers across the DACH region via a digital platform and newsletter.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscription: The magazine operates on a subscription-based model, offering weekly newsletters with industry news, trends, legislation updates, and practical reports on recycling and waste management topics.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

RECYCLING magazine is a German-language trade publication that delivers independent journalism covering economic and technical developments in the recycling and waste management industry. The offering combines an online news portal organized into four editorial sections (Markt & Unternehmen, Politik & Recht, Wissenschaft & Technologie, Magazin) with a weekly newsletter subscription service for industry professionals.

Product overview

RECYCLING magazin is a single unified product — a German-language trade publication delivering news and analysis across four editorial pillars: Markt & Unternehmen (Market & Business), Politik & Recht (Politics & Law), Wissenschaft & Technologie (Science & Technology), and Magazin (Magazine). The offering combines an online news portal with a weekly newsletter subscription service, serving over 4,000 expert subscribers in the recycling and waste management sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RECYCLING magazin Online News Portal

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Waste Management World: International B2B media brand covering waste management and recycling industry news, technology, and policy. Comparable as a digital-first trade publication serving waste industry professionals with recurring editorial coverage.
• Recycling Today: US-focused B2B media brand covering the recycling industry including materials recovery, equipment, and policy. Comparable as a recurring trade publication with multi-channel coverage of recycling markets.
• Resource Recycling: North American trade publication covering recycling industry news, policy, and technology. Comparable as a long-established niche B2B publication serving recycling professionals with subscription-supported editorial content.
• Müll und Abfall: German-language trade publication for the waste management sector published by Erich Schmidt Verlag. Directly competes with RECYCLING magazin in the German-speaking waste and recycling professional market.
• let's recycle: UK-based news and intelligence service for the recycling and waste management industry. Comparable as an English-language trade news outlet covering regulation, markets, and technology in recycling.
• EUWID Recycling und Entsorgung: Long-running German-language trade publication covering recycling and waste management markets. Directly competes with RECYCLING magazin for the same DACH audience of operators, policymakers, and consultants.

Others

• VMN Media: Dutch B2B media group whose domain hosts RECYCLING magazin's terms and conditions, suggesting an operational or ownership linkage. Comparable as a related ecosystem participant in European B2B trade media.

Broad incumbents

• dfv (Deutscher Fachverlag): German B2B trade media group with multiple titles across industries. Comparable as a broader incumbent in German B2B media that competes for advertising and subscription budgets in adjacent trade verticals.
• Haymarket Media Group: International B2B and consumer media company with environmental and trade titles. Comparable as a broader incumbent operating in adjacent B2B media verticals with cross-format reach.
• Vogel Communications Group: Established German B2B media company producing trade publications, events, and digital services across multiple industries. Comparable as a scaled incumbent with resources for multimedia and events that single-niche publications cannot match.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RECYCLINGMag
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/recycling-magazin

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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