We are a leader in the safe recovery of energy and other resources from waste, and we are determined to set new standards of sustainability in our industry. Our state-of-the-art facilities take residual waste that would otherwise be landfilled. We turn this into sustainable baseload electricity, heat and other practical resources to accelerate the circular economy of the future.
At Encyclis, we are supporting the circular economy by giving a second life to household and commercial waste that remains after separation for recycling. In the process of treating waste, we generate baseload electricity, create hot water for district heat networks, supply ash that can be turned into building materials and enable extraction of ferrous and non-ferrous metals for reuse.
Our energy recovery facilities can process a combined total of around 1.5 million tonnes of residual waste every year.
We generate more than 160MW of safe and sustainable baseload electricity, which is enough to power over 290,000 homes. And we'll double that when all facilities currently in development come on stream.
The ash that results from our waste treatment process is recycled in specialist plants to create aggregate materials for the construction industry. In addition, the metal recovered from that ash for re-use is equivalent to two Eiffel Towers every year.
Our best-in-class facilities, in Dublin, Rookery South and Newhurst, operate 24/7 and our portfolio is expanding with more sites currently in development.
Encyclis has announced the start of a formal process to transfer its current operations and maintenance contract for the Dublin Waste to Energy facility to its technology partner, Kanadevia Inova. Encyclis will continue to own 50% of the Dublin facility alongside its co-shareholders.
18/02/2025
Resource Recovery UK, the alliance of leading Energy-from-Waste operators, has appointed a new Chair as it continues to advocate for the sector’s vital contribution to the UK’s economic and environmental ambitions. The inaugural chair of RRUK, Owen Michaelson, CEO of Encyclis, has formally handed over to Mike Maudsley, CEO of enfinium, to take forward the group’s strategic goals.
03/03/2025
Encyclis is launching a carbon capture pilot programme as part of its preparations to deliver the UK’s first full-scale carbon capture plant at an energy-from-waste facility. The pilot plant will serve as a prototype of the carbon capture deployment planned for Encyclis’ Protos Energy Recovery Facility, in Cheshire, which is supported by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
18/02/2025
Plans to build a pioneering carbon capture plant to absorb CO2 emissions from the Protos energy-from-waste facility in the North West moved closer this week when the project won the approval of the local planning authority. Cheshire West and Chester Council’s planning committee unanimously resolved to grant approval, subject to the completion of a Section 106 legal agreement.
04/09/2024
Encyclis has published a full Sustainability Report following its second anniversary as a standalone European business. The company – one of the leading Energy-from-Waste operators in the UK and the largest operator in Ireland – provides full details of its Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and sets out a decarbonisation strategy to support the UK and European transition to Net Zero.
07/08/2024
Encyclis and Beauparc have announced a partnership to build Ireland’s first processing plant for bottom ash from the waste-to-energy process. The plant will support Ireland’s circular economy by processing residual materials for recycling and reuse.
03/07/2024
The UK’s newest aggregate manufacturing plant has been officially opened in Wellingborough, transforming around 200,000 tonnes per year of bottom ash from the energy-from-waste process into a sustainable manufactured aggregate
28/05/2024
Encyclis has announced a major leap forward in its industry-leading plan to develop the UK’s first energy-from-waste facility with carbon capture - following a Statement of Principles agreed with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
05/04/2024
Encyclis has announced that the Walsall Energy-from-Waste Facility in the West Midlands, England, has reached financial close and will commence construction early in the New Year. Encyclis will build, own and operate the start-of-the-art facility.
19/12/2023
This week, Encyclis is publishing its first Sustainability Review since becoming a standalone company last year.
11/09/2023
The decision to include Energy-from-Waste (EfW) in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2028 has been broadly welcomed by Encyclis, the operator and developer of energy recovery facilities.
03/07/2023
Encyclis has appointed Mark Corben as Chief Financial Officer, with an effective date of 1st July 2023, as the company continues to expand its European platform under the ownership of EQT.
01/07/2023
Encyclis has begun full operations at Newhurst Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) following the successful completion of a three-year construction and commissioning project.
01/06/2023
Energy recovery provider Encyclis says the announcement of significant further investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key step in the realisation of the UK’s net-zero ambition.
13/03/2023
The development of a carbon capture plant at Protos Energy Recovery Facility, in Cheshire, moved a step closer today as the project was selected for the next stage of the Government’s carbon capture cluster sequencing programme.
30/03/2023
A new era starts today as Covanta Europe becomes Encyclis and sets out its commitment to advancing Energy-from-Waste as an effective solution on the journey to net-zero.
24/01/2023