Business Report 2005 - Interseroh

2. Business in Services Expanded; Packaging Volume Up
INTERSEROH’s service business developed satisfactorily overall.
Transport Packaging
INTERSEROH organises and coordinates the recycling of transport packaging for its industrial
contracting partners, including collection, transport, sorting and recycling. The volume of transport
packaging registered for recycling was increased. The reasons for this are the acquisition of new
customers in the traditional sectors and services that have been especially developed and
successfully marketed in the last few years for new customer groups, such as the sport and fitness
industry, the pet industry, the toy industry as well as the manufacturers of products for babies and
children. The turnovers were maintained at a steady level in spite of increased competition and
ongoing economic problems in some industries for which INTERSEROH has performed these
services for years. However, we had to accept significant losses in net income in the extension of
contracts from 2006 due to the strong competition in the services sector.
Commercial Sales Packaging
The INTERSEROH self-disposal solution can be used wherever empty sales packaging accrues in the
commercial sector. It is a cost-effective and legally safe solution for the collection and recycling of
sales packaging subject to quotas. All members of the INTERSEROH self-disposal community receive
all legally required documentation verifying their packaging has been recycled in conformity with
regulations. The mass flow verification documentation required in this regard is certified by an
independent, publicly appointed expert in accordance with the criteria of the State Working Group for
Waste Management (LAGA) and deposited with the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(DIHK). The INTERSEROH self-disposal community is based on a system in which packaging material
is collected from corresponding (branch-specific) collection points. These materials are sorted and
recycled in certified plants in accordance with official specifications. The INTERSEROH self-disposal
system for the collection and recycling of commercial sales packaging again enjoyed increasing
popularity in the year under review, both in traditional industries and among new customer groups –
for example from the food industry – for which INTERSEROH has developed and successfully
marketed customised solutions in the last few years.
Household Sales Packaging
Rulings allowing the Dual System INTERSEROH for the collection of household sales packaging were
passed in the year under review by the relevant environment ministries in Saarland, Berlin, North
Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony-Anhalt. Together with the
permits already granted in Hamburg and Bavaria in 2004, the Dual System INTERSEROH reached 61
percent of the German population as of 31 December 2005. All applications still outstanding were
submitted by the end of 2005. The new INTERSEROH service has met with a great deal of interest
from the distributors of sales packaging. The first contracts were still signed in 2005. Strong
competition is exerting pressure on profit margins especially in this sector.
Recycling Management
The field of recycling management underwent stable development with moderate growth. In this field
we conclude full-service contracts for nationwide or regional services with commercial and food
companies, petroleum companies, leisure parks, hospitals and railway stations. INTERSEROH
organises the recycling of all their waste and prepares the data on volumes and costs on a sitespecific
basis. Within the framework of this service INTERSEROH has assumed logistical and
recycling services for the stand-alone solutions in the retail sector since introduction of the mandatory
deposit system, for example the collection of disposable PET packaging and the associated
documentation.
Deposits on Disposable Drink Packaging
INTERSEROH has taken over the Westpfand deposit system, i.e. Westpfand Clearing GmbH and
Deutsche Pfand-Konzept GmbH, completely. Following complete acquisition, the deposit system now
operates as “INTERSEROH Pfand-System GmbH” and is a subsidiary of ISD INTERSEROH
Dienstleistungs GmbH. As a provider of a full range of services, INTERSEROH wants to offer all the
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