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FCC Environment UK is one of the UK’s leading waste management and recycling companies, ai- ming to minimise the amount of waste going to landfill by transforming it into valuable resources wherever possible. The company has around 100 agreements with a total of 60 local authorities and currently manages to treat around 1.8 million ton- nes of waste per year, generating over 117 MWh of clean energy for the communities it works with and for. On the other hand, it has managed to manage and run nine second-hand reuse shops, and its bu- siness model in the country, which is continually expanding, includes several projects that aim to achieve the objectives described above. Its waste reuse model uniquely illustrates how local popula- tions and authorities benefit from it. Leading UK waste and recycling waste management and recycling in the UK highlighted that “the new contract will enable the adoption of innova- tive ways of working that focus on waste prevention, remediation and reuse, vital to the county as it moves towards meeting its Zero Emission targets”. FCC Environment UK’s presence in the county of Buckinghamshire has been well known and palpable for several years. The company also manages the Greatmoor EfW plant in the north of the county, which pro- duces enough energy to power more than 40,000 homes. High Wycombe Waste Transfer Station at High Heavens, a collection point for local waste which is then transported to the Greatmoor plant. Reuse’: A second life to reduce carbon footprint. In 2020, the UK managed to save the expenditure of approximately 123,000 tonnes of CO 2 . Waste-to-energy plant at Greatmoor (Buckinghamshire, England). C O M M U N I T I E S 62 C O M M U N I T I E S