At Andusia, we are delighted to announce that July 2024 was our best month ever in terms of volume of waste handled as we head for another record-breaking year of exports.
During the month, our logistics operations moved 40,533 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel (RDF), with most of this exported into Europe for energy and heat generation.
The majority of these exports (60%) were supplied to our energy-from-waste (EfW) plant customers in Germany and Sweden, who received 12,466 tonnes and 11,901 tonnes respectively. Denmark accounted for 23% of exports (9,158 tonnes) while Holland accounted for 11% (4,624 tonnes).
The remainder went to Belgium (3% equating to 1,159 tonnes) and France (1% equating to 578 tonnes) and we also supplied a small amount to UK EfW plants (2% equating to 647 tonnes).
It’s worth noting that January 2024 was our second biggest month ever for volume moved, a month which saw our team handle 38,097 tonnes of RDF in total. Since the start of the year, we have exported over 245,000 tonnes of waste for energy recovery.
As a result, Andusia is now on track to export a record 400,000 tonnes of waste by the end of 2024, which would make this the company’s most successful year yet.
Mark Terrell, director at Andusia, said: “July has been an exceptional month for us and the fact January saw so much volume handled as well reflects a wider trend of growth for the business, which we are delighted with.”
He added: “We continue to expand into new markets, and are constantly developing new supply chains and logistics routes to help support this. 2023 was our best year ever and we expect 2024 to exceed that by some margin,” he added.
Since its inception in 2012, Andusia has gone from strength to become the UK’s leading independent exporter of RDF across Europe.
During that time, the company has hit several key milestones – over the past 12 years, it has exported 2.45 million tonnes of RDF, handled 88,500 loads, collected from 95 customers sites, and supplied 53 energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities in 11 countries.