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History of MAD Recycling GmbH

Since 1997, a waste management company focusing on recycling and sustainable raw material supply

History of MAD Recycling GmbH 1987

1987

Founding of Münchener AKTEN+DATEN Vernichtung GmbH to ensure the supply of raw materials to LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH
Construction of the administration building and the hall for the destruction of old files with an adjoining storage area, purchase of truck scales, shredder for document destruction and press
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 1988

1988

Expansion of the company premises and construction of a hall for the sorting of waste paper from household collection
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 1989

1989

New shredder with baler and conveyor belt
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 1994

1994

Expansion of the sorting hall
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 1996

1996

Establishment of our own repair workshop due to the expanded fleet of vehicles and the extended technical facilities

1997

Certification as a waste management company for all production sites
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2000

2000

Expansion and extension of the administration building
Purchase of Van de Elst Leipzig GmbH

2001

Takeover of operations in Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2002

2002

Merger of Münchener AKTEN+DATEN Vernichtung GmbH with van der Elst Papierrecycling GmbH Krostitz to form Münchener AKTEN+DATEN Vernichtung GmbH
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2003

2003

Merger of Münchener AKTEN+DATEN Vernichtung GmbH with Wertstoff-Verwertung GmbH Schwedt to form Münchener AKTEN+DATEN Vernichtung GmbH
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2005

2005

Installation of a new computerized baler
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2006

2006

Conversion of the sorting plant at the Schwedt/Oder site and increase of sorting capacity by approx. 30 %
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2010

2010

Opening of the sorting plant in Ingolstadt with a sorting capacity of 30,000 tonnes per year

2011

Extension of the BImSch (german law for immission control) permit in order to be allowed to recycle other non-paper materials at the sites and acquisition of a new company premises with production hall in Krostitz
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2012

2012

Acquisition of an existing network of purchasing points and expansion of waste paper purchasing to more than 150 own and cooperatively operated purchasing points Expansion of the Munich premises to improve logistical connections

2014

Acquisition of the company premises in Munich to expand capacities
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2015

2015

Demolition of the old building of the expansion area and new square construction in Munich
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2018

2018

New sorting plant in Ingolstadt completed
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2019

2019

Commissioning of one of the most modern extraction and pressing systems in Munich
History of MAD Recycling GmbH 2021

2021

Commissioning of a state-of-the-art KMF plant for compacting mineral wool at the Krostitz site

2025

Approval and commissioning of a plant for the compaction of dangerous roofing felt
Application for a change permit to increase the storage quantity of hazardous waste at the Munich site