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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 Circa 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.
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Operating since 1990 |
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2007 pro-forma revenues above £1.2 billion |
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Circa 12,500 employees |
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Serves 73,000 commercial and industrial customers |
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Circa 180 refuse collection, recycling, street cleansing and grounds maintenance 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 |
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Total installed power generation of 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.
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2007 sales : €9.2 billion (£6.8 billion) |
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553,000 industrial and tertiary sector customers |
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45 million people served |
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35 million tonnes of waste collected |
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58 million tonnes of waste treated |
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80,700 employees |
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Active in 35 countries. |
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