Articles from Veolia

Veolia has published the waste management industry’s most comprehensive testing to date on the incineration of PFAS compounds. The tests demonstrated that high temperature incineration is a proven and reliable disposal solution for high concentrations of targeted PFAS, destroying greater than 99% of targeted substances, including up to 99.9999% of PFOS and PFHxS.

Veolia, the global leader in resource management in the waste, energy and water sectors, has announced a major expansion in Brazil with the acquisition of prominent companies in Alagoas: Alagoas Ambiental and Serquip Tratamentos Resíduos AL. These companies are recognized leaders in solid waste management, treatment, and recovery in the Northeast region.

Celebrating a partnership built on trust, expertise and a vision for the future, Veolia North America announced an expanded partnership with MassBio, one of the world’s leading consortiums of biopharmaceutical research and development companies. The multi-year contract extension allows the parties to continue providing sophisticated, safe and reliable waste management services to members along with digital energy efficiency management.

Veolia, the largest provider of environmental services in the world, recently received industry awards for a series of sustainability initiatives at the company’s hazardous waste treatment facility in Gum Springs, Arkansas — particularly the installation of a solar panel installation covering over 30 acres.

Already strongly established and committed in Canada, Veolia announces that it will assume operations and maintenance of the Metro Vancouver Waste-to-Energy Facility, located in Burnaby, in Canada.

America’s water and wastewater systems need an estimated $1 trillion in investment to make up for decades of deferred maintenance and upgrades, but many communities lack the funding, organization or technical ability to begin tackling their challenges. That’s why Veolia North America, the largest private operator of water services in the United States, is joining with Water Finance Exchange (WFX), the trusted nonprofit improving America’s water infrastructure, to help small and disadvantaged communities improve their water and wastewater systems.

Veolia North America (VNA), a leading provider of environmental services in the U.S. and Canada, has released its second annual Triple Net Zero Industry Progress Report. The study is based on a comprehensive interview survey of 300 major corporations across 12 industries and 60 countries, assessing the progress made by companies in their journey toward achieving net-zero environmental goals in carbon, water and waste.

Veolia announced today that it has been awarded a contract to assume operations and maintenance of the City of Toronto’s Dufferin organics processing facility. Since 2014, Veolia has also operated and maintained Toronto’s other anaerobic digestion facility at Disco Road, and now will have responsibility for operating and maintaining Dufferin as well.

Veolia, the world leader in delivering environmental services in water, waste and energy, has received the top ranking in an annual listing of the largest U.S. environmental services companies compiled by Engineering News Record, a prominent industry trade publication.

Demonstrating a deeply held commitment to environmental sustainability, Veolia North America today hosted a celebration at its hazardous waste treatment center in Gum Springs, Arkansas, highlighting a series of unprecedented initiatives to make the plant the most sustainable operation of its kind in the U.S.

A large majority of Americans is ready to take measures to address the challenges of climate change that would have been unheard of a generation ago, including drinking recycled wastewater to adapt to ongoing water shortages, according to new survey results released today by global environmental leader Veolia and renowned research firm Elabe.

Veolia North America, the leading provider of environmental solutions in the U.S. and Canada, and the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) have established a groundbreaking partnership to reimagine how the city collects, treats and manages its wastewater, turning the byproducts of wastewater treatment into environmental assets and improving the quality of life in New Orleans. The new partnership will save almost $2 million a year, reduce energy and chemical consumption, reduce carbon emissions and install new technology for better environmental performance.

Veolia North America, the leading provider of environmental solutions in the U.S. and Canada, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD), and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson marked Earth Day by recognizing Milwaukee’s wastewater treatment infrastructure as an “Ecofactory,” marking its transformation from what was once a waste disposal process into a stream of green energy, resource recovery and environmental stewardship for greater Milwaukee.

One in four Americans say climate change is affecting their decision-making on major life events such as having children, according to new survey results released today by global environmental services leader Veolia and renowned research firm Elabe. For example, across many topics covered in the survey, a clear consensus is emerging toward green solutions that were tested and a strong level of acceptance of the changes required to implement them (whether for initiatives related to energy, resource protection or water).

Veolia reaffirms today its commitment to families across the country who may be facing extraordinary financial challenges during the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis and a sustained period of high inflation. The company has helped eliminate or reduce water and wastewater bills for eligible residents across the country through a number of programs amounting to more than $9 million in funding to date.

Veolia, the world leader in delivering environmental services in water, waste and energy, has received, through its affiliates in the U.S., the top ranking in an annual listing of the largest U.S. environmental services companies compiled by Engineering News Record, a prominent industry trade publication.

Two New England leaders in the development of sustainable energy solutions -- Nautilus Solar Energy (Nautilus) and Veolia North America (VNA) -- are joining forces to support members of the Public Housing Association of Rhode Island (PHARI) in a visionary project which will provide guaranteed energy savings to area Housing Authorities and bring electricity to thousands of low-income residents across the state from safe, clean, renewable solar projects.

Over the past year, as Veolia North America (VNA) adjusted to the realities of operating in a world restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company turned to innovative technologies to provide essential water and wastewater treatment services to communities across the U.S. and Canada.

Veolia North America (VNA), a leading provider of environmental solutions in the U.S., today announced that it is the recipient of two elite Top Project of the Year Awards, handed out every year by Environment + Energy Leader in recognition of outstanding contributions to the fields of energy and environmental management. The two projects won awards in their individual categories, one for environmental sustainability and the other for energy solutions.

Veolia, the leading company for ecological transformation, is inviting startups and other innovators to put their creativity and talent to work to solve some of the thorniest issues currently facing the planet, as part of its launch of Open Playground, an expertise-sharing program that connects the company with entrepreneurs committed to finding solutions for the global climate emergency. Open Playground was recently launched at ChangeNOW, a global summit to create concrete actions and innovations for the planet.