Sustainability
Report 2021
The happiest
users in the waste
collection industry
We provide safe and user-friendly systems for end users.
Safe & user friendly systems
Foto: Credits to COBE
Management approach
Envac pneumatic waste collection systems offer high user availability with easy access and user friendliness. Our systems contribute to a safer living area for users and are clean and hygienic while keeping vermin away.
How we do it
Less heavy traffic – Contributing to safer and liveable areas and preserving historic cities
Envac has equipped cities around the world with state-of-the-art pneumatic waste collection systems, which reduce the need for heavy traffic. According to a study by Sweco, there are approximately 90% less crossed traffic intersections in an area with a pneumatic waste collection compared to a traditional waste collection system. Pneumatic waste collection systems also remove conventional waste bins from streets, which contribute to more pleasant and hygienic living areas with less odours from waste and vermin.
In some cases, Envac systems have helped to preserve the aesthetic value and traditional charm of historic cities – including urban areas with narrow streets that hinder traditional waste collection. For example, our system was installed in León’s old town to provide an efficient waste collection system while preserving its architectural and historic value.
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Safe waste management in hospitals
Envac’s pneumatic waste collection systems are perfectly suited to managing waste and used linen in hospitals to protect the safety of hospital personnel, patents and visitors while reducing costs.
In 2021, we introduced a new solution to collect infectious waste from hospitals, which can be combined with our existing solutions to collect waste and used linen. The infectious waste collection solution reduces the manual handling of potentially harmful waste and converts it into non-hazardous waste before it is transported from the hospital.
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Improving recycling rates
Envac pneumatic waste collection systems promote increased recycling rates in residential areas and the wider municipality. By collecting multiple waste fractions, our systems make it easy for the end user to improve their individual recycling rate. Many municipalities in the world have made it mandatory for newly developed areas to have a pneumatic waste collection system.
In Majadahonda in Spain, the municipality has made it mandatory to connect newly developed neighbourhoods to the local pneumatic waste collection system to improve recycling and meet the EU waste directive.
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To make it even easier to communicate with end users and help them to optimally manage their waste, Envac introduced its digital solution ReFlow in 2021.
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Pneumatic waste collection systems result in approximately
less crossed traffic intersections in an area with compared to a traditional waste collection system
– Sweco study
Envac Waste Collection System
Traditional Waste Collection
Relative air emission
100
Driving hours
3,718
Crossed intersections
19,084
Driving distance km
2,828
– Sweco study
Going forward
We value the safety and satisfaction of our end users. Our digital solution ReFlow takes our end user engagement to the next level – to enable them to improve their waste management awareness, motivation and ultimately their recycling rate.
Our solution for infectious waste will help us to strengthen our hospital offering and further increase the safety of hospital personnel, patients and visitors.
Planned action to further increase safe & user friendliness
Target
50% of all new Envac installations shall have ReFlow installed by 2023.
90% of all upgraded Envac installations shall have ReFlow installed by 2027.
Implementation of ReFlow.
Full release of ReFlow.
End of year 2022.
Target
Increase safety in handling hazardous waste and linen in hospital environments.
Launch of Infectious Waste Collection system.
Finalise first Infectious Waste Collection system installation.
To be completed 2023.