FCC Environment reported an “outstanding response” to the Covid-19 pandemic in its 2020 Sustainability Report published this week. And, the company has set a target of setting no organic waste to landfill by 2030.
Paul Taylor, FCC Environment chief executive, said that the business has progressed throughout the pandemic
In a foreword to the report, chief executive officer at FCC Environment, Paul Taylor, explained that as a state of emergency was announced throughout the UK in March 2020, the business did not just “stay afloat” but it progressed.
Mr Taylor continued: “Our achievements show a robust, adaptable business, but the underlying story is all about our people. While Key Worker status enabled us to keep vital services running, our staff were under enormous pressure to ensure the safety of colleagues, members of the public and other businesses.
“They responded by adapting, supporting each other and displaying a strength of spirit that has been rewarded by a huge outpouring of goodwill from the public. FCC Environment has always thrived thanks to the strength of its people. In 2020, this has done us proud, and we look forward to 2021 knowing we are hardy, flexible, and prepared.”
Highlights
In spite of challenges, the report said that the waste management company maintained its focus on “diverse infrastructure investment, steady growth and the wellbeing of its employees”.
Highlights for FCC Environment in 2020 included two large contract wins, with Kent county council, worth £40m, and Central Bedfordshire council, worth £188.6 million.
FCC will manage Kent’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) for an initial period of five years, while it commences waste and recycling collections for Central Bedfordshire until 2028.
Another landmark move includes the development of an Energy from Waste (EfW) plant at Drumgrey, North Lanarkshire, which will have the capacity to process 300,000 tonnes a year of residual waste.
The business also noted its win at the letsrecycle Awards for Excellence 2020, for the best local authority recycling initiative.
Net Zero
According to the report, the waste management company has so far achieved 19% reduction in emissions since 2018.
The report set out targets for the business to reach Net Zero
To drive this further, FCC Environment has committed to a series of “ambitious net zero targets” within the report, spanning the breadth of its business.
This includes replacing all fuels for recycling, transfer stations, MRFs and other treatment technologies with 100% renewable sources by 2040.
FCC Environment will also support the drive to switch all waste transport vehicles to from diesel to low-carbon sources by 2040.
Additionally, it will work to divert all organic waste from landfill by 2030, increase the capture of methane emissions from landfill to 85% by 2030 and start fitting carbon capture and storage (CCS) to EfW facilities in 2030.
The full report can be found here.
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