Key facts

SITA UK key figures 2010

• SITA UK is a recycling and resource management company with over 6,000 employees and an annual turnover in excess of £700 million.

• We operate at each stage of the recycling and waste management chain – from collection to final disposal. At each stage, we make sure that our activities are fully compliant, respect our environment and support a sustainable way of life.

• We advise customers on how to reduce their waste and manage their resources more efficiently. In 2010, we recycled and recovered almost two million tonnes of waste and are striving to raise the recovery rate further.

• We pioneer advances in waste management technologies such as in-vessel composting and energy-from-waste. We recover energy from landfill gas and waste incineration, tapping renewable sources that reduce the need to burn fossil fuels.

• SITA UK is part of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, a multinational water and waste treatment specialist. Being part of a multinational means we have access to international research and development expertise, which helps us to deliver innovative projects in the UK.

• We operate our recycling facilities to the highest environmental standards and work hard to be a good neighbour. At some of our larger sites, we take part in community liaison groups. We also invite thousands of people into our facilities each year, so they can see recycling and waste management at first hand. We have popular education initiatives across the country.

• SITA Trust has distributed over £76 million to community and environmental projects since 1997. The funding is allocated through the Government’s Landfill Communities Fund where a proportion of the landfill tax we collect can be redistributed to the SITA Trust.

At a glance (2010)

• Waste handled – over eight million tonnes
• Waste recycled and recovered – almost two million tonnes
• Amount of compost produced – over 100,000 tonnes
• Total amount of electricity generated from landfill and energy-from-waste facilities – almost one million megawatt hours