About Us

Nehlsen GmbH, an internationally operating German waste management company, has extensive experience in the collection, treatment and management of a broad variety of municipal and industrial waste, either of non hazardous or hazardous nature. For more than 8 decades Nehlsen strives to suit the clients’ needs and to carry out professional and sustainable services. Being among the 5 biggest waste management companies in Germany, Nehlsen now operates from more than 60 locations in Germany, Europe and Africa. Around 4,000 employees generate an annual turnover of approximately EUR 420 Million (2018).

In the field of municipal solid waste management, Nehlsen covers today the entire range of services necessary to cope with the most recent challenges with respect to technical standards and legal requirements.

Nehlsen collects waste not only in densely populated urban centres but in very remote areas, too, including some islands in the North Sea. As well as in the field of sorting and treatment of waste, Nehlsen is experienced in the whole set of technologies available to deal with municipal and industrial waste (except radioactive material). Plants operated by Nehlsen include, sorting plants, mechanical-biological treatment units fermentation plants, power plants and waste incinerators. Additionally, to the above-mentioned services, Nehlsen offers to industrial clients to take care of their internal waste management and provides services from the cradle of waste generation in industrial processes thus guaranteeing an utmost high recycling rate of materials.