Envac’s Middle East operation has merged to become part of a new EMEA macro division, which will include the company’s activities in Europe and Africa. It employs 200 people and operates and maintains almost 100 facilities across the Middle East, Spain, Portugal, France and Italy.
Östra Sjukhuset, part of Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, is setting the global standard in sustainable hospital waste and linen management after appointing Envac to install its optical linen sorting technology as part of a major modernisation programme.
Envac has committed to making its global operation carbon neutral by 2030 following the publication of its annual sustainability report. Launched this month, the report illustrates the Stena Adactum-owned firm’s environmental, economic and social achievements throughout 2021.
Envac, the pneumatic waste collection system that is shaping smart cities’ waste strategies worldwide, is about to make a permanent visit to Reykjavik’s main hospital after winning the contract to install its technology in the New Landspitali Hospital (NLSH).
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“This report gives structure to how Envac showcases the positive impact our products have had for decades. With this report, I am sure that our customers and other stakeholders can better appreciate Envac as a sustainable business partner,” says Joakim Karlsson, CEO and President Envac Group.
Envac, the global architect of the pneumatic waste collection system (PWCS), has opened 2021 by commemorating 60 years since it unveiled the world’s first ever PWCS with a rebrand.