PreZero
Environmental services
Schwarz Group's waste and recycling business, collecting, sorting and recycling waste and selling recycled materials across ten European countries.
Environmental servicesSince 2018Neckarsulm, Germany
How it started
Grew out of Lidl's waste logistics.
2009the year it started
It began in 2009 as GreenCycle, Lidl's in-house waste logistics, and became PreZero in 2018–2019 after buying Tönsmeier and later SUEZ activities in Europe.
How big it is
How big is PreZero?
€4.1BRevenueFY2025
30,000Employees2026
460Sites2026
Its place in Schwarz Group
The group's circular economy division.
2.2%of Schwarz Group salesFY2025
PreZero takes back and recycles packaging and waste, including from Lidl and Kaufland, and turns it into materials for new products.
Who it competes with
RRemondisVVeoliaSSuezAAlba Group
What Schwarz Group does not disclose
- Profit of PreZero
- Revenue by country or by service line
- Tonnes of waste collected or recycled
- Prices paid for Tönsmeier, SUEZ activities or other acquisitions
- How much of PreZero's revenue comes from Lidl and Kaufland
The group behind itSchwarz Group
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Sources
Every number on this page comes from Schwarz Group's own reports.
- Fiscal Year 2025: group sales €185.6B, PreZero recycling revenue €4.1B; share of group sales computed from … ↗
- Who we are: PreZero, headquartered in Neckarsulm, around 30,000 people at 460 sites in ten European countries ↗
- Our history: GreenCycle founded 2009; Tönsmeier acquired and PreZero platform launched 2018; PreZero brand … ↗
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