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Veolia Environmental Services in the United Kingdom
Veolia
Environmental Services has been present in the United Kingdom since
1990. As the leading UK waste management organisation with 2007 pro-forma revenues above £1.2 billion,
Veolia Environmental Services employs almost 12,500 employees across the spectrum of services in waste
management and cleaning.
Veolia
Environmental Services is renowned for its integrated waste management
and environmental services to local communities and industry. We
provide a range of services including refuse collection, recycling,
waste treatment and street cleansing to over over 16 million customers from
circa 100 Local Authorities in the UK.
We
operate a network of landfill sites, materials recovery facilities,
transfer stations, civic amenity sites, energy recovery facilities and
compost sites.
Key Figures |
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Operating since 1990 |
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2007 pro-forma revenues above £1.2 billion |
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12,500 employees |
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Serves 73,000 commercial and industrial customers |
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Circa 180
refuse collection, recycling, disposal and street cleansing
contracts in partnership with circa 100 local authorities and waste disposal
authorities |
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13 landfills with a total void capacity of circa 47 million m3
Total power generation net output 233 Mw |
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6 energy recovery facilities with a total capacity of 1.4 million tonnes |
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5 composting facilities with a total tonnage of green waste processed of 200,000 tonnes per annum |
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Minosus,
the first facility of its kind in the UK, provides safe underground
storage within a worked-out area of a rock salt mine for the permanent
disposal of a range of solid and granular hazardous wastes. |
Veolia Environmental Services Worldwide
Veolia Environmental Services is one of the world’s leading providers of waste management and cleaning services.
Our activities include the collection, treatment and recycling of
solid, liquid and hazardous waste in the municipal, industrial, marine
and commercial markets. We serve more than 45 million people worldwide
across 35 countries.
As part of our integrated approach to waste, we operate a number of
technologically advanced solutions that are able to convert waste into
a valuable energy resource that would otherwise result in the use of
fossil fuels.
Key Figures
• 2007 sales : €9.2 billion (£6.8 billion)
• 553,000 industrial and tertiary sector customers
• 45 million people served
• 35 million tonnes of waste collected
• 58 million tonnes of waste treated
• 80,700 employees
• Active in 35 countries
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