What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | Environment agencies (EA England, Umweltbundesamt, EPA, state DEQs), IED/permit registers, EU Waste Shipment notification authorities… | per site permit, per operator licence, per transboundary shipment notification | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (Eurostat SBS, BLS), industry associations (BIR, EuRIC, ISRI/ReMA), operator HR systems | annual per NACE class per region; per-site headcount internally | public |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs authorities (Eurostat Comext, UN Comtrade, US Census trade data) for scrap/recovered material exports, shipping lines, waste… | per shipment / per container; monthly HS-code trade flows | public |
| financial filings | Company registries (Companies House, Bundesanzeiger), listed recyclers (Veolia, Remondis via group accounts, Schnitzer/Radius, Sims Metal)… | annual/quarterly per legal entity | public |
| incident/safety/claims | OSHA/HSE inspection and accident databases, fire authorities, insurers specialising in waste sector, trade bodies tracking MRF fires… | per incident, per site inspection | public |
| waste & emissions | National waste statistics authorities (Eurostat waste stats, EPA, Defra WasteDataFlow), E-PRTR facility emissions register, PROs reporting… | per facility annual tonnages by EWC code; national annual recycling rates | public |
| pricing | Price reporting agencies (Fastmarkets/RISI, Argus, ICIS, Letsrecycle, EUWID, Plastics Recyclers indices), scrap exchanges, LME for refined… | weekly/monthly price assessment per grade per region | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | MRF operators, scrap metal traders, recovered-paper/plastic brokers, commodity exchanges and trading platforms (e.g. Metalshub, Circular… | per transaction / per load ticket (weighbridge ticket), aggregated monthly per… | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | MRF and scrap yard operators, ERP/weighbridge software vendors (AMCS, Scrap Dragon, Tridge-type platforms) | per grade per site, daily to monthly stock levels | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | Waste haulage fleet telematics providers, municipal collection contractors, facility location registries | per vehicle GPS ping; per facility coordinates | partnership |
| energy consumption | Facility operators, energy suppliers, EU ETS/energy audit reporting where applicable, LCA databases (ecoinvent) | monthly per site meter; per tonne processed intensity factors | partnership |
| production output | MRF/scrap processor operators, PROs, national statistics on recovered secondary raw material output | tonnes of output per grade, per site, monthly/annual | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | MRF operators and their customers (mills, smelters), independent labs, standards bodies (EN 643 paper grades, EoW criteria), PRO audit… | per bale / per load sample: contamination %, moisture, composition | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Sorting equipment vendors (TOMRA, Steinert, Redwave), AI sorting/robotics firms (AMP Robotics, Greyparrot), MRF operators; bin-fill and… | per belt / per sorting unit, continuous sub-second to hourly composition and… | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Equipment OEMs (shredder, baler, optical sorter vendors) and CMMS systems used by operators | per machine, per work order / downtime event | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.