CVB Ecologistics

What CVB Ecologistics does

CVB Ecologistics is a Dutch privately-held recycling company founded in 1994 and headquartered in Tilburg, Netherlands. It operates as an intermediary between suppliers of recyclable waste streams (companies, municipalities, NGOs) and manufacturing-industry buyers (paper mills, board manufacturers, polypropylene/polystyrene producers, and textile companies). The company processes paper, plastic, and textile waste into specified raw-material grades: approximately 60 EN643-standard paper grades plus over 50 custom grades, regrind/regranulate/compounds for plastics, and sorted/graded textiles via subsidiary Vernooy Textile Recyclers (15,000 tonnes/year, 98% recovery rate). Operations span 12 production sites in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom through wholly-owned subsidiaries including CVB Recycling, A. de Vries Jbzn., Ede Recycling, CVB Recycling DHU, Williams Recycling Centre, Planet Recycling, Sanglier, and Vernooy Textile Recyclers.

The company runs on a transaction-fee revenue model, purchasing recyclable materials, processing them, and selling to manufacturers at market-related prices (e.g., €60-80/tonne for low-grade recovered paper, sorted, baled, ex-works). Customers are served through a B2B sales-led motion with named account managers covering NL, BE, UK, and Spain; logistics are handled via the company's own fleet plus partner carriers. Go-to-market also includes a 'no worry' full-service package for waste suppliers covering equipment rental, financing, and collection. Technical capabilities include a self-developed 2021 textile machine line with 3x throughput, a fully automated 50-ton weighbridge linked to enterprise systems, and OPK certification plus partnerships with Nedvang (NL), Val-I-Pac (BE), and Environment Agency PERN (UK).

The company is family-owned: founded by Cees van Berkel, currently led by Gerrit Ritmeester and Linda van Berkel. Growth has been driven entirely by acquisition rather than external capital (no funding rounds recorded), with notable deals including Etathomé (1997), VG Recycling (2004), Dedaver (2009), Vernooy Textile Recyclers (2017), and two branches of Veolia Papier Recycling (2026).

Name

CVB Ecologistics

Legal name

CVB Ecologistics

Website

https://cvbecologistics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CVB Ecologistics is a Dutch privately-held recycling company founded in 1994 that processes paper, plastic, and textile waste into raw materials for manufacturing industries, operating 12 production sites across the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom through subsidiaries including Vernooy Textile Recyclers and CVB Recycling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycling Services

NAICS

Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers (42393), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Wholesale-Paper & Paper Products (5110)

akta.pro primary industry

Recovered Paper Collection & Sorting (OCC, ONP, Mixed Paper) (IMAMAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply) (EUAIAKAA)

Keywords

• Paper recycling services
• Plastic recycling services
• Textile recycling services
• Recovered raw materials
• Waste stream processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tilburg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Paper recycling and raw material sales: CVB Ecologistics collects, sorts, and processes waste paper into raw materials for paper and board manufacturing. They offer market-related prices and work directly with manufacturing industry worldwide. Laminated paper grades are processed at their factory in France where paper fiber becomes new paper and recovered plastic becomes available for plastic industry.
2. Plastics recycling and raw material sales: Transforming industrial plastics into raw materials for polypropylene and polystyrene products. Supply of high-quality regrind, regranulate and compounds.
3. Textile recycling and raw material sales: Processing of used textiles for re-use and recycling. They sort incoming used clothing by type and quality, with 98% finding valuable application. Customers for re-use and recycling textiles are mainly in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CVB Ecologistics collects, sorts, and processes paper, plastic, and textile waste streams into pure raw materials for the manufacturing industry. The company supplies recovered paper (60 EN643 standard grades plus 50+ custom grades), recycled plastics (regrind, regranulate, compounds for polypropylene and polystyrene), and processed textiles (re-use and recycling). Operating 12 production sites across the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK, they deliver directly to manufacturers worldwide with a transparent supply chain from source to customer.

Product overview

CVB Ecologistics operates as a unified recycling platform offering three core service lines: paper recycling (purchase and sale of approximately 60 EN643 standard grades plus 50+ custom grades), plastic recycling (regrind, regranulate, compounds for polypropylene and polystyrene), and textile recycling (re-use and recycling through subsidiary Vernooy Textile Recyclers). The company operates 12 production sites across the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom under subsidiaries including CVB Recycling, Vernooy Textile Recyclers, and Williams Recycling Centre. Services include waste stream collection, sorting, processing, and global delivery of raw materials to manufacturing clients, supported by custom solutions, transparent weighing systems, and logistics coordination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Collect & Recycle: Partnership with Havep workwear for making workwear and PPE traceable and circular

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% less CO2 emissions compared to virgin raw material (wood/pulp) through paper recycling
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Willems Baling EquipmentminorOthers · 1 January 2021Supplier Willems Baling Equipment built a complete new production line at Vernooy Textile Recyclers with integrated sorting section and full automatic vertical/horizontal two-ram baler. Installation expected to have 3x higher capacity than existing line.
• Havep (Collect & Recycle)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Since 2019, CVB Ecologistics (through Vernooy Textile Recyclers) has partnered with Havep workwear under the name 'Collect & Recycle'. The aim is to create an all-in solution in making workwear and PPE traceable and circular. This partnership addresses the full lifecycle of workwear from production to end-of-life recycling.
• Vernooy Textile Recyclers (VTR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017In January 2017, Vernooy Textile Recyclers became part of CVB Ecologistics group. This family company maximizes reuse of existing textiles both as finished products (re-use) and raw materials (recycling). VTR processes 15,000 tonnes annually with 98% recovery rate.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia (Recycling & Waste): Veolia operates a global recycling platform that, until its May 2026 carve-out to CVB, included its Benelux paper recycling branches. Same recovered-paper business model at much larger scale; CVB is the acquirer of Veolia's divested Dutch operations.
• Remondis: One of Europe's largest privately held recyclers with extensive paper, plastics, and secondary materials operations. Overlaps with CVB's three-stream model (paper/plastic/textile) and competes for municipal and commercial feedstock.
• Prezero (Schwarz Group): Recycling and environmental services arm of the Schwarz Group, operating MRFs and recovered-materials sorting across Europe. Comparable to CVB on collection-network economics and certified-quality framework.
• SUEZ Recycling & Recovery: Major European competitor operating MRFs and recovered-paper sorting for paper mills and packaging manufacturers. Same upstream-downstream position as CVB but with national-scale logistics across multiple EU countries.

Direct peers

• Smurfit Kappa Recycling: Back-integrated paper recycling arm of one of the largest European containerboard producers. Directly comparable to CVB's core activity of supplying recovered paper grades (EN643) to board mills for packaging production.
• PALM Group: European recovered paper merchant operating depots and supplying sorted grades to paper mills. Directly comparable to CVB on MRF operations, EN643 grade portfolio, and supply to board manufacturers.
• Renewi: Direct competitor in the Benelux paper and mixed recyclables collection/processing market. Both run MRF operations and feed recovered paper to mills; CVB's Veolia Papier Recycling acquisition is consistent with consolidating share that Renewi also targets.
• Saica Group: Spanish-headquartered recovered paper collector with extensive MRF operations across Europe supplying its own paper mills. Closely comparable on feedstock sourcing, sorting, and mill-bound grade supply.
• DS Smith Recycling: DS Smith's recycling division collects and sorts recovered paper for its own corrugated packaging mills across Europe. Same feedstock, same end market (corrugated board), same EN643 grade logic as CVB's paper business.

Emerging players

• Worn Again Technologies: UK-based emerging player developing chemical textile-to-textile recycling that competes for the same end market as CVB/Vernooy (recycled textile feedstock for new garments). Less mature in volume but signals competitive direction of textile recycling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cvbecologistics

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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