#smart-city

The company reinforces its global leadership and showcases its ability to adapt to emerging trends in waste management and urban development.

The Maroochydore City Centre, spanning 53 hectares on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, is setting a new benchmark for smart and sustainable urban development in Australia. It is the nation’s first large-scale greenfield city centre to integrate an underground automated waste collection system as part of its core infrastructure.

This global spotlight from the World Economic Forum underlines how smart infrastructure can directly contribute to environmental progress and a better quality of life.

Bergen, Norway, is once again making headlines – this time in The Washington Post, which spotlights the city’s groundbreaking approach to urban waste management. The article highlights how Bergen has transitioned from conventional waste trucks and bins to a fully automated underground waste collection system developed by Envac.

Around a year ago, Hofors Municipality began the construction of Västerhöjden Care Home, which will be the first care home in Sweden to not only install an automated waste collection system for general waste but also implement Envac’s efficient automated soiled linen collection solution.

Envac is proud to announce the signing of a significant contract with Barking Riverside Limited (BRL), a joint venture between the Mayor of London and housing association L&Q, to implement the next phase of its innovative waste management solution. Barking Riverside, one of Europe’s largest residential developments, continues to prioritise sustainability and cutting-edge infrastructure to support its growing community.

If all plastic packaging in Stockholm households were sorted correctly, residents could cut carbon dioxide emissions by 40,000 tonnes annually. This is equivalent to half of the fossil-based emissions generated by household waste. Now, an innovative project in Hammarby Sjöstad is demonstrating how this can become a reality.

Envac welcomes Naznoush Habashian as its new Chief Sustainability Officer. With extensive experience across global organisations, Naz will lead the next phase of our sustainability journey.

The Reduce, Reuse, Recycle project in Sweden’s Norra Djurgårdsstaden (Stockholm Royal Seaport) is delivering fantastic results in waste reduction and recycling improvements, and we’re thrilled to share the outcomes of its second phase! Thanks to the Envac ReFlow application-based service, which digitalises and enhances the waste collection system, residents have been able to reduce their residual waste and improve recycling habits.

Envac Middle East is participating for the first time in the major CityScape Global 2024 exhibition in Riyadh from the 11th to the 14th of November. With its participation, Envac highlights its versatility and flexibility to meet the needs of an increasingly demanding market and its ability to adapt its systems to new global trends in waste management and urban development.

On October 4th, the Bergen Municipality, BIR and Envac jointly launched a new waste collection station of Bergen’s automated waste collection system. The modern waste management technology is now operational in many neighbourhoods.

Envac Finland Oy is excited to announce our participation in Finland’s largest furniture, design, and decoration event, Habitare, which will take place on September 13-17, 2023, at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.