SITA UK

SITA UK is a British waste management company, established in 1988. It was previously called Sitaclean Technology.[1] It began as a provider of local authority services, with its first municipal services contract in Erewash, Derbyshire in 1989. SITA UK has expanded its business through a combination of new contracts, joint venture partnerships and acquisitions.[2][3][4]

History

In 1999, SITA UK won a 25-year waste management contract for Surrey County Council.[5] Revenue then grew from £50m in 1990 to over £100m in 1995 and £350m by 1999.[6]

SITA UK is now a recycling and resource management company and provider of services to local authorities and businesses. SITA UK is now part of the Suez Environment business, which focuses on sustainable development. In July 2008, following the merger between SUEZ and Gaz de France (GDF), Suez became a listed group on the Brussels and Paris stock exchanges.[7]

SITA UK today

SITA UK serves over 12 million people and handles more than 9 million tonnes of domestic, commercial and industrial waste through a network of recycling, composting, energy-from-waste and landfill facilities.

SITA UK is a growing producer of energy, generating, electricity from landfill gas as well as the combustion of waste and recently became the UK's first producer of biomethane transport fuel made from landfill gas.[8] SITA UK's landfill sites account for about three per cent of the UK's renewable energy generation.

In 2013 municipal biodegradeable waste diversion targets put pressure on local authorities to find alternatives to landfill.[9] The company is developing landfill replacement facilities other technologies, including anaerobic digestion, in-vessel composting, mechanical biological treatment and both conventional energy-from-waste and gasification.[10][11][12]

SITA Trust

SITA Trust was created in 1997 to support community and environmental projects using funds from SITA UK's landfill tax. The trust provides funding for a wide range of schemes and was the first environmental body accredited by ENTRUST, the Government regulator for organisations distributing grants from the Landfill Communities fund.[13]

Since 1997 the Trust has supported more than 2,000 projects to a combined value of more than £74 million. The Trust provides funding through its two schemes, Enhancing Communities and Enriching Nature.[14]

Enhancing Communities is a programme for community improvement projects within three miles of qualifying waste processing sites owned by SITA UK. Enriching Nature is a programme supporting biodiversity conservation projects within ten miles of any landfill site in England.

References

  1. ↑ "SITA UK Ltd Maidenhead, Berks SL6 1ES". Companiesintheuk.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  2. ↑ "SITA wins new waste management contract for Bristol". letsrecycle.com. 2001-04-10. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  3. ↑ "Cornwall signs 30-year PFI contract with SITA UK". letsrecycle.com. 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  4. ↑ "Neill resigns as United Waste disappears into SITA brand". letsrecycle.com. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Surrey Waste Management". Surreywaste.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  6. ↑ "Suez reveals 2008 growth for SITA UK". letsrecycle.com. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  7. ↑ "NYSE, New York Stock Exchange > About Us > News & Events > News Releases > Press Release 07-22-2008". Nyse.com. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  8. ↑ "Gasrec announces launch of Albury liquid biomethane plant". Gasrec.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  9. ↑ "Defra, UK - Environmental Protection - Recycling and waste". Defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  10. ↑ "SITA UK unveils plans for Surrey IVC facility". letsrecycle.com. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  11. ↑ Gary Mayson, general manager, SITA Energy Solutions (2010-08-26). "SITA UK establishes energy recovery division". letsrecycle.com. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  12. ↑ Perthshite Advertiser, 29 June 2010: Sita UK Show Plans for Gasification Facility at Binn Farm Landfill Site, Accessed 12 February 2013
  13. ↑ http://www.entrust.org.uk/home/guidance-library?did=167
  14. ↑ "Retired cows on to second career as wildlife conservation helpers". The RSPB. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2010-09-02.

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