From waste to raw material

Maltha is a leading processor of packaging and flat glass in Europe. Each year we process more than 1 million tonnes of glass waste from companies, citizens and municipalities into high-quality new raw materials for use in making new products.

To collect the glass, we work together closely with collection companies and recycling schemes throughout Europe. The collected glass is purified at Maltha, using advanced methods and reprocessed into various types of glass cullet that fully correspond to the specifications of our customers in the glass and glass wool industry. Thus, for example, beer bottles can already be composed of 80% recycled glass.

Glass is endlessly recyclable without loss of quality. Glass is a typical example of the circular economy. The use of recycled raw materials is good for the environment and cost efficient. In this way, Maltha makes glass endless.

From pioneer to market leader

Maltha´s history stretches back more than 90 years. From a local player in the Dutch town of Schiedam, Maltha grew to become one of Europe´s leading glass recyclers: today Maltha is active with 8 specialised processing locations in five European countries.

Maltha processes a total of over 1 million tonnes of glass waste each year. To illustrate this amount: if you were to set this quantity in wine bottles upright next to one another, you would cover almost 4,500 football fields. Or, if you were to line up these bottles in a row flat on the ground, you could go around the Earth no less than two times!

Maltha has locations in the Benelux, France, Portugal and Hungary where we process both packaging glass and flat glass into new raw materials on specialised lines. In the meantime, companies like Vidrociclo (recently renamed Maltha Portugal Ltd.) and IPAQ also form part of our portfolio. This makes Maltha one of the largest recyclers of glass waste in Europe.