How Veolia North America's Engineered Fuels Solution Works
Jan 28, 2025 10:00 AM ET
Veolia North America Sustainability Report 2024
Veolia North America’s engineered fuels program evaluates non-hazardous industrial byproducts like plastics, packaging scraps, debris and more, then shreds and decontaminates the materials to use them as an alternative fuel in cement kilns. This is a 100% closed-loop circular economy solution, as the ash is integrated into the product and not sent to a landfill.
Waste Converted to Energy for Cement Production:
- 240,000 pounds of waste recovered annually
- Used in the production of cement
- 1,000 tons of cement produced
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions:
- GHG emitted from 1 ton of typical fuel*:
- Landfilled: 1.85 metric ton CO₂eq.
- Used as engineered fuel: .59 metric ton CO₂eq.
- Savings: 1.26 metric tons
*Based on a typical fuel profile and EPA or IPCC emission factors.
Engineered fuels also help kilns avoid emissions of 1.06 metric tons per ton of engineered fuel combusted.
