Business and Markets

• Britain - DCC Environmental collects and processes a broad range of non hazardous and hazardous waste through its market leading Scottish business which owns the most comprehensive waste infrastructure in Scotland. In addition DCC Environmental owns the largest material recycling facility in the East Midlands. The business handles 1.2 million tonnes of material, the majority of which is collected by its fleet of 223 vehicles. 70% of all waste volumes are diverted from landfill.
  
  With its comprehensive recycling infrastructure (the business doesn’t operate any active waste landfill sites), DCC Environmental is ideally positioned to benefit from society’s drive to reduce waste and to conserve natural resources. Strong legislative backing is being provided to support the shift to resource recovery from waste products – the most significant of which is the commitment by government to increase landfill tax which is now £56 per tonne to £80 a tonne over the next three years in equal annual increments. Another tangible example of this movement to the more efficient management of scarce resources is Scotland’s world leading Zero Waste Plan which, published in June 2010, includes a 50% recycling target for all waste by 2013 and 70% by 2025. Further evidence of Scotland leading the way is the more recent announcement that from 2013 Scotland will measure recycling in terms of carbon saving in order to prioritise the recycling of ‘high impact’ carbon materials such as textiles and plastics. Whilst Britain has made progress in increasing the proportion of waste diverted from landfill by way of recycling, it continues to significantly lag behind Europe in terms of organic waste processing. To address this deficit, the government has unveiled incentives such as the renewable heat incentive to encourage the development of new infrastructure such as anaerobic digestion plants. DCC Environmental is well positioned to capitalise on the increased treatment of organic waste with the recent completion of the construction of one of Britain’s largest anaerobic digestion facilities with project partner Scottish and Southern Energy Plc. DCC Environmental Britain’s business is well placed to benefit from these developments.
• Ireland - Enva is Ireland’s largest hazardous waste treatment company, providing technically innovative solutions to a wide range of commercial and industrial sectors. Operating from six EPA/EA licensed sites throughout Ireland Enva has an unrivalled national presence. The six Enva facilities process a broad range of hazardous wastes including waste oil, contaminated soils, bulk chemicals and contaminated packaging. Enva also continues to invest in new and innovative solutions for hazardous waste as illustrated by the recent commissioning of infrastructure to facilitate converting waste lubricant oils into processed fuel oil, an approved substitute for gas oil. In addition to treating a broad range of hazardous waste at Enva’s facilities in Ireland, Enva also works with a network of European based companies to provide a comprehensive range of solutions for hazardous waste.
  
  Enva also operates a water treatment division providing specialty chemicals, equipment and professional services to the drinking, industrial and waste water sectors. The water treatment division directly operates an in-house manufacturing facility as well as an INAB accredited laboratory to support these services.

Regulation - DCC Environmental’s waste management business operates in a highly regulated environment. Each facility operates under conditions as set down in respective waste management licences. During the year 47 inspections were carried out by environmental regulatory authorities, with only two minor non-conformances recorded. Any noncompliance with licence requirements, however minor, is investigated immediately and corrective actions implemented.