Stena Metall AB operates in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the United States of America.

[10] The following chapters are each dedicated to one of the subsidiaries of Stena Metall AB: Through Stena Recycling Holding AB and other subsidiaries, the company collects and processes scrap metal, plastic, paper, e-waste, spent batteries, hazardous waste and chemicals at about 173 sites in seven countries.

[11] The consulting arm of Stena Recycling AB helps companies to design more sustainable products.

[13] The Swedish Energy Agency decided to give Stena Recycling AB SEK 70.7 M in 2022 as subsidies for building a facility for treating waste batteries that are a crucial step to reduce reliance on fossil fuels; this facility is designed to shred about 10,000 Mg of lithium-ion batteries per year and produce recyclable materials from them.

[15][16][17][18] In the same year, Stena bought Encore Environmental Services Oy in Finland to grow its existing waste management business in the Nordic country.