Enva, which operates across 33 facilities in the UK and employs more than 1,600 people, says it hopes the report will help it work in partnership with its stakeholders to “protect and preserve the world’s finite resources”. The company works in four sectors – waste management, resource recovery, water and industrial services – and has acquired well-known names in past years including Hadfields, William Tracey and Wastecycle.
above: Enva’s CEO Tom Walsh, spoke with letsrecycle.com’s Joshua Doherty about the report
Commitments
The report outlines several commitments to help drive sustainability forward and “form the basis of everything it does”.
This includes a commitment to “actively expand” the circular economy by working closely with partners to developed resource recovery solutions.
Enva also says it will will adopt a system-wide approach to its customers’ waste challenges which will maximise value to Enva, its customers and the environment.
Operations
The company said it has already saved more than 25,000 tonnes of emissions in its glass operations by avoiding the use of quarried sand, sodium carbonate and limestone.
Enva also says it has saved more than 4,000 tonnes by composting household foot and green waste, “avoiding the use of peat-based compost”.
The company also said 60% of the waste plastic it receives is recycled to produce “high quality compounds”, with the remainder used for energy production. It added that 99% of waste wood it collects is recovered either through recycling into new products or in the biomass sector.
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Enva Sustainability Report 2020
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