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Veolia ES Sheffield Ltd
In August 2001, Veolia Environmental Services was awarded the waste management contract from Sheffield
City Council. As part of this 35 year contract, Veolia Environmental Services is now responsible for:
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Maintaining an efficient collection service |
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Developing recycling facilities (Bring Bank Sites, Household Waste Recycling Centres and working with community groups) |
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Increasing recycling |
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Encouraging waste reduction through education and raising awareness |
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Investigating, operating and developing trial
kerbside recycling collections |
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Operating a Materials Recovery Facility at Beighton to sort waste paper and card before
it goes on to be recycled
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Constructing and operating an Energy Recovery Facility at Bernard Road to
continue electricity and heat generation, improve
performance and meet stricter environmental
regulations and legislation |
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Developing the award-winning District Energy Network to
allow more buildings to connect to the system |
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Ensuring safe disposal |
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 2008 revenues above £1.3 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 21 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
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Operating
since 1990 |
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2008 revenues above £1.3 billion |
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12,500
employees |
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Serves 73,000
commercial and industrial customers |
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Circa 133
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 48 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 70 million people worldwide
across 42 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
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2008 sales : €10.1 billion (£9.3 billion)
• 749,000 industrial and tertiary sector customers
• 70 million
people served
• 41 million
tonnes of waste collected
• 66 million
tonnes of waste treated
• 93,000 employees
• Active in 42
countries
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