If you are a commercial or industrial company searching to find the right waste management company for your needs, then you will know the feeling of getting swamped with hard to read details. This short guide will help you understand the core information about one of your service provider options - Enva Ireland. Let’s dive in.

Who are Enva - Ireland?

Enva is a waste management and recovery company that can trace its roots back to 1977, but which was founded in its current form after the consolidation of DCC companies in 2017. Currently, Enva owns a total of 33 facilities spread around the UK and the Republic of Ireland, which are staffed by over 1500 employees, making them no small-fry in the market of waste.

Focusing on the non-domestic market, Enva Ireland offers a very wide variety of services to commercial and industrial clients.

What types of service do they offer?

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Enva is a waste management and recovery company that can trace its roots back to 1977, but which was founded in its current form after the consolidation of DCC companies in 2017. Currently, Enva owns a total of 33 facilities spread around the UK and the Republic of Ireland, which are staffed by over 1500 employees, making them no small-fry in the market of waste.

Focusing on the non-domestic market, Enva Ireland offers a very wide variety of services to commercial and industrial clients.

Waste management

The core of Enva’s business revolves around waste collection and management. From simple collection and processing to creating complex targetted waste-management plans for businesses. Services are available in this section for either one-off jobs and projects or continuous partnerships.

Enva Ireland offers waste collection containers in three forms depending on business needs:

  • Binbag collection - Suitable for general waste and mixed dry recycling only. Ideal for small volume or occasional waste
  • Euro bins - Sizes starting from 140 L two-wheeled recycling bins, all the way up to large four-wheeled 1100 L containers, suitable for a range of recycling and disposal needs
  • Skip and mini skip hire - From 2 to 40-yard sizes, these are appropriate for site clearances and larger waste items such as wooden planks or building materials

Outside of standard waste collection, Enva Ireland can also handle the safe handling and specialized disposal of industrial hazardous waste (paint, caustic liquids, chemical waste etc), scrap metal and WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) disposal, site clearance services and a wealth of other products.

Permits may be required for skips placed on public roads. Check with your local governing authority if this is a requirement before placing your order.

Water services

Whether your interests relate to drinking water, wastewater, filtration, surveys or disinfection, Enva can offer a myriad of services for this too. Assisting customers from various industries, Enva cites being able to provide expertise to assist in boosting efficiency in a cost-effective manner within the complex regulatory environment. A few examples of listed services include:

  • Drinking water - UV treatment, filtration, biofouling control etc
  • Waste-water - Odour limitation, natural contaminant controls, output surveys
  • Filteration - Processing in line with legal requirements, reclaiming and reusing where possible

All services are cited as being carried out with the environment in mind. So you can be assured that if you contact Enva Ireland for assistance, the result should work well for both your pocket and nature.

Industrial services

Unusually for a waste management company, Enva has an extensive variety of ways that they can support industries and their refuse outside of simple collection and disposal services. Enva can assist in providing drainage services, site restoration, decontamination, tank cleaning and a great deal more.

This wide variety of support is largely tailored to ensure that long before waste generation, companies are taking steps throughout their operational processes to minimize their outputs in an economical and responsible manner.

Resource recovery

Enva Ireland encourages clients to align their principles with the Circular Economy Plan. In essence, when a material enters the economy, it should be reused as many times as possible until it is no longer viable to do so, at which point it should be used in fuel generation, or as a last resort, safe waste-disposal within a storage facility such as a landfill. This closed-loop system allows for the maximization of resource use while reducing unnecessary waste.

Here are a few examples of how waste product types can be transformed and given a new purpose:

  • Plastics and Paper - Familiar recycling materials which can be repurposed into a variety of practical items
  • Oil - This can be refined or adapted to be used in mechanical lubrication or fuel
  • Metals - One of the most common disposal items, which can be used again to create anything from tins to cars
  • Energy Creation - Items that cannot be further recycled can still do some good by being used in the creation of RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel), biomass, and oil

How can I get in contact with Enva Ireland?

If you are considering taking out a service with Enva Ireland, then it is important to know what your contact options are. Unusually for a modern company, Enva does not list an email address on their website. However, they do have a range of area-specific phone numbers.

Portlaois (Main Office) 0 57 867 8600
Shannon 0 61 707 400
Cork 0 21 438 7200
Dublin 0 1 401 8000
Duleek 0 57 867 8600
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Enva does also have an app called Enva News, however, this appears to be more of a news and notification facility rather than having the ability to take out further services or to monitor your account. Those interested in contacting Enva may also avail of the contact form found in the contact section of the Enva website, or on many of their product and service pages.

In addition to this, Enva has a presence on the social medial platforms of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

So, how do Enva Ireland weigh up overall?

Despite their contact method limitations, Enva is a well-established company with an extensive repertoire of services on offer, perhaps giving them an advantage over similar commercial only companies such as Walsh Waste. This on top of their goals of operating within governmental compliance in an ethical and environmentally friendly manner certainly makes them an appealing option for those who are looking for less common industrial or commercial services.

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Enva also offers a free and no-obligation waste audit to potential customers. As most non-domestic waste management companies do not directly list their prices on their website, this is a useful service to avail of to understand the scope of your requirements, how you can improve your waste management, and what the potential cost of working with Enva may be.

Users of Enva have awarded them a rating of 5/5 on Google, however, this is based on a total of only 8 reviews, and so this should perhaps be taken with a pinch of salt.

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