Explore interviews and stories that highlight how Envac is shaping smarter, more sustainable cities
Whether you are curious about how our systems reshape smart cities, improve sustainability, streamline healthcare operations, or elevate industrial processes, this collection brings real-world insights to life. Dive into interviews, stories, and presentations that showcase innovation in motion—from the perspectives of leaders like Amanda Yeates in Australia to end-users experiencing our solutions firsthand. Scroll through to discover the ideas shaping our future, one video at a time.
In Focus
Video series with Amanda Yeates, Former CEO Sunshine Coast Australia
Amanda Yeates, Former CEO of SunCentral, Australia, shares her perspective on bringing the Envac automated waste collection system to Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast. She discusses how the community and stakeholders responded to the project, and how the system supports the city’s ambitions for sustainability, innovation, and smart urban planning. Amanda also highlights the benefits the solution brings in terms of efficiency, cleanliness, and user experience, while reflecting on what makes the city stand out in Australia.
Bergen: gateway to Norway’s fjords and home to one of the world’s biggest underground waste management systems. Underneath the narrow cobbled streets of this historical /../
Improving hospital efficiency and hygiene by eliminating cross-infection risks and streamlining waste and soiled linen handling. Replacing wheel-based corridor transportation with our sealed and efficient vacuum transportation system will free up valuable space, improve workflow, and ensure a cleaner environment for patients and healthcare professionals.
Half as Interesting explores Roosevelt Island’s pneumatic waste system: an underground network that whisks trash through tubes to a central plant, reducing trucks, odour and kerbside bins—an entertaining look at how vacuum collection keeps dense neighbourhoods cleaner.
Business InsiderA Business Insider “World Wide Waste” video traces how Disney’s Magic Kingdom pioneered pneumatic trash tubes and how a similar AVAC network ended up serving New York’s Roosevelt Island—reducing curbside bins and truck traffic with fast, underground collection.
Pneumatic transportation of waste and soiled linen in sealed pipes means less need for cleansing and transportation staff = reduced manpower costs.
Less waste transportation vehicles and carts in corridors and culverts means less wear and tear of the building = reduced maintenance costs.
When waste and soiled linen is collected with an Envac system (aka AWCS/PWCS) the physical contact between human and dirty material is kept to a minimum.
The risk of waste related strain injuries, cut wounds, accidents and infection is close to eliminated.
Elevators can be used for transportation of patients, staff and visitors – not for carts with waste bags.
High performance, fast collection, sealed transportation from ward to waste collection terminal, 24/7 availability and adaptable to any volumes. The closed system and touch-free waste inlets minimize the spread of infections, droplet transmission and accidents.
Take a look in the rear mirror to see what we have achieved during six decades with our “sopsug” as the Envac system is called in Swedish – and see what we are bringing you in the nearest future. A warm and major thank you to everyone single one involved during our 60 first years!
Official birthday: October 4, 1961
At the heart of Maroochydore City Centre’s commitment to sustainability and innovation is a cutting-edge waste management system that quietly yet efficiently keeps the city clean and green. Overseeing this vital operation is Ian Pritchard, a dedicated professional at Envac, the company behind ensuring the City Centre remains a model for smart urban living.
Improving hospital efficiency and hygiene by eliminating cross-infection risks and streamlining waste and soiled linen handling. Replacing wheel-based corridor transportation with our sealed and efficient vacuum transportation system will free up valuable space, improve workflow, and ensure a cleaner environment for patients and healthcare professionals.
Discover how Envac’s innovative waste collection system is transforming the mobility landscape. By transporting waste underground, this revolutionary solution frees up the streets, creating a better city environment for pedestrians and bicycles.
Game-changing waste collection for smart hospitals
Game-changing waste collection systems are transforming how smart hospitals manage hygiene, efficiency, and sustainability. By using vacuum technology, waste is transported through sealed pipes, reducing contact and contamination. Hospitals benefit from a cleaner, quieter, and more organized environment, improving both safety and operational flow. Overall, this innovation marks a new standard in waste handling for future-ready healthcare infrastructure.
Follow the waste bag from the waste inlet through the system, while we explain what you see. The video includes a comparison between Envac and traditional waste handling when it comes to traffic and emissions. It highlights how Envac significantly reduces the number of waste collection trucks, thereby cutting down traffic congestion and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. This visual comparison underscores Envac’s contribution to cleaner, safer, and more sustainable urban environments.
Envac’s innovative and time-tested pneumatic waste collection system enables a circular economy and a better living environment. Envac ReFlow takes this system further, helping communities and system operators co-create better use of resources and promoting recycling by creating smarter interactions between users, operators, and local government.
Envac ReFlow is a simple, yet powerful tool, inspiring, motivating, and leading people and the city they live in towards a greener tomorrow. Envac ReFlow will enable building owners and local governments to further improve the understanding of how to reach their sustainability goals and create a more attractive city.
