As the global leader in environmental services, Veolia is committed to protecting the environment, ensuring environmental compliance and delivering safe, sustainable solutions. Notably, its expertise, technologies and know-how provide the most advanced solutions for the treatment of hazardous waste.
The consignment of'B precursor' chemicals will be safely treated at Veolia's Ellesmere Port High Temperature Incineration facility under its existing hazardous waste treatment contract with the Disposal Services Authority (DSA), part of the Ministry of Defence.
'B-Precursors' are chemicals used routinely in the pharmaceutical industry in the UK and are similar in nature to standard industrial materials safely processed on a regular basis at Ellesmere Port. It is important to make clear these are industrial-grade chemicals as opposed to chemical weapons.
The facility has already passed rigorous audit inspections by the relevant authorities, and the chemicals would be treated in line with the stringent requirements of its strict environmental permit.Opened in 1990, the facility treats approximately 100,000 tonnes of hazardous materials every year and employs 73 staff.
"We are pleased to have been selected by the British Government to support this important initiative which will see our Ellesmere Port facility directly involved at the start of the implementation of the international mission to destroy Syria's chemical weapons programme. We will continue to work closely with the Ministry of Defence and relevant UK authorities to ensure the safe destruction of these chemicals in line with our high environmental, health, safety and operating standards."
Estelle Brachlianoff, Veolia Environnement Executive Vice-President, UK & Northern Europe
Veolia Environnement
Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE) is the worldwide reference in environmental solutions. With 220,000 employees*, the company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in three complementary segments: water management, waste management and energy management. Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of €29.4 billion* in 2012.
(*) Excluding Transdev employees and revenues currently under divestment
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