SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd, formerly SITA UK Limited, is a British waste management company, established in 1988. It was previously called Sitaclean Technology. It began as a provider of local authority services, with its first municipal services contract in Erewash,

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in 1989. Suez has expanded its business through a combination of new contracts,

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and economic risk, risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four rea ...

partnerships and acquisitions. SUEZ recycling and recovery UK serves over 12 million people and handles more than 9 million tonnes of domestic, commercial and industrial waste through a network of

recycling Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. The recovery of energy from waste materials is often included in this concept. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the p ...

, composting, energy-from-waste and landfill facilities. SUEZ is a growing producer of energy, generating, electricity from

landfill gas Landfill gas is a mix of different gases created by the action of microorganisms within a landfill as they decompose organic waste, including for example, food waste and paper waste. Landfill gas is approximately forty to sixty percent methane ...

as well as the combustion of waste and recently became the UK's first producer of

biomethane Renewable natural gas (RNG), also known as sustainable natural gas (SNG) or biomethane, is a biogas which has been upgraded to a quality similar to fossil natural gas and having a methane concentration of 90% or greater. By increasing the concentr ...

transport fuel made from landfill gas. SUEZ recycling and recovery UK's landfill sites account for about three per cent of the UK's renewable energy generation.

History

In 1999, SITA UK won a 25-year

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contract for

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then grew from £50m in 1990 to over £100m in 1995 and £350m by 1999. SITA UK is now a recycling and resource management company and provider of services to

local authorities Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

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

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(GDF), Suez became a listed group on the Brussels and Paris stock exchanges. In 2013 municipal biodegradable waste diversion targets put pressure on local authorities to find alternatives to landfill. The company is developing landfill replacement facilities other technologies, including

anaerobic digestion Anaerobic digestion is a sequence of processes by which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen. The process is used for industrial or domestic purposes to Waste management, manage waste or to produce fuels. Mu ...

in-vessel composting In-vessel composting generally describes a group of methods that confine the composting materials within a building, container, or vessel. In-vessel composting systems can consist of metal or plastic tanks or concrete bunkers in which air flow and ...

mechanical biological treatment A mechanical biological treatment (MBT) system is a type of waste processing facility that combines a sorting facility with a form of biological treatment such as composting or anaerobic digestion. MBT plants are designed to process mixed househo ...

and both conventional energy-from-waste and gasification.

SUEZ Communities Trust

SUEZ Communities Trust was created in 1997 to support community and environmental projects using funds from SUEZ recycling and recovery 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. 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. Enhancing Communities is a programme for community improvement projects within three miles of qualifying waste processing sites owned by SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. Enriching Nature is a programme supporting biodiversity conservation projects within ten miles of any landfill site in England.

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