Veolia Launch New Online Marketplace For Organic Resources In The UK

How the digital revolution could open access to a potential 100 million tonnes of resources

As part of the drive to increase the circular economy global resource management company, Veolia, is launching an online trading platform that makes it easier to sell and buy organic resources. Designed to save users time and money, BioTrading will provide businesses the opportunity to better leverage the 100 million tonnes of raw materials and biofuels we produce every year.

The first of its kind, Veolia’s new BioTrading website will be a sales and auction marketplace that connects buyers to the rest of the value chain and finds the best deal for their organic resource needs, recycling them into new products or green energy. Unlike other parts of the economy, there is no price comparison or trading platform for organic resources and buyers and sellers currently waste time and money navigating a confusing marketplace. By dealing directly, the website will enable sellers get a good price for their product and gain maximum value from their waste and process by-products, and buyers will benefit from having access to a central platform boasting transparent and fair prices.

Commenting on the launch of the website Raquel Carrasco, Organics and Technology Director at Veolia UK said: “Our new BioTrading website is the missing link for the UK’s organic resources and represents a real step forward in innovation. By operating as an agile trading platform it is a financial and environmental win-win for both buyer and seller. For the UK, it means more waste can be turned back into resources, boosting sustainability, delivering value and promoting a more circular economy.”

The service is aimed at anyone who has resources, or requires them, such as farming, water, construction, food and drink, anaerobic digestion, and the biodiesel and bioethanol industry. A wide range of resources will be made available on the website including food waste, food for redistribution, industrial organic by-products, agricultural wastes, biodiesel and bioethanol residues, sewage and industrial sludge and wood. To ease logistics buyers can also make use of compliant haulage services if required.

To find out how Veolia’s BioTrading website can help visit www.biotrading.co.uk
For more information on Veolia visit www.veolia.co.uk.

Sources
Potential tonnage based on wet organic wastes – Food – 16 million tonnes, Sludge – 10 million tonnes, Animal slurry – 90 million tonnes, Cereal plant stalks - 10million tonnes, Poultry litter – 15million tonnes, Spent grain, Coffee grounds – 1.2 million tonnes, Waste wood – 4 million tonnes.

Sources - Official Information Portal for Anaerobic Digestion/WRAP/ Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology - Postnote 387 2011 Anaerobic Digestion; Postnote 282 Energy and Sewage

Please see links below:

• http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/06-07/Biomass/HTML/biomass_fuel.htm
• http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Organic%20resource%20FINAL%20010512%20AG.pdf
• http://www.biogas-info.co.uk/about/faqs/
• http://www.organics-recycling.org.uk/uploads/category1062/pb13541-anaerobic-digestion-strategy110614.pdf

About Veolia UK
Veolia is committed to protecting the environment and improving the lives of the communities in which it operates. Veolia has been awarded two of the UK's most prestigious business accolades for its role as an environmental and social sustainability leader. It was recognised in 2016 as Business in the Community's Responsible Business of the Year, and in 2014 it was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development.

Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource management. With nearly 169 000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and to replenish them.

In 2017, the Veolia group supplied 96 million people with drinking water and 62 million people with wastewater service, produced nearly 55 million megawatt hours of energy and converted 47 million metric tons of waste into new materials and energy. Veolia Environnement recorded consolidated revenue of €25.12B in 2017(USD 30.1 billion). For more information, visit www.veolia.com.