There comes a time when a cherished item has done all it can for its owner and ends up in the rubbish or on the scrap heap. These redundant items, left to their fate on the edge of the street, are often real treasures for collectors and explorers, who proudly take their findings home. Repaired and polished, they then do great service or become faithful companions for their new owners.

MVV Energie has appreciated the energy potential of our cast-offs for more than
45 years now. What we as consumers simply discard as useless rubbish is for
MVV Energie a useful resource and valuable raw material at the end of the utilisation cycle, one far too important to be just burned. In its waste incineration activities,
MVV Umwelt GmbH, our environmental energy subsidiary, consistently relies on the principle of “Energy from Waste” and sees this resource as an important source of energy for the future. It forms the basis for the generation of steam, with which electricity is produced using the efficient and environmentally-friendly process of cogeneration. Waste already plays a highly significant role as an economical supplement to fossil fuels. By transforming waste into energy, we are thus making a major contribution towards protecting resources. What’s more, we reduce emissions and thus actively protect our climate.

MVV Umwelt GmbH operates decentralised disposal and energy generation plants at four locations with a total incineration capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of waste and biomass. This means that the company is now Germany’s third-largest operator of energy from waste plants.