Synergie wins at the 2024 National Sustainability Awards!
Last night (2 October 2024) saw the annual National Sustainability Awards being held in London, celebrating the stories of innovation and the breadth of impact across all sectors in building a more sustainable and better future.
Synergie Environ (Synergie) was shortlisted in two categories – the Circular and Recycling Award – Materials Recycling and the Carbon Reduction Project – for their innovative work with Sterling Pharma Solutions, converting waste solvents to low gas.
On winning the award for the Carbon Reduction Project, John Mullen, Managing Director at Synergie, commented:
“I am thrilled that we’ve won this award. Being nominated is a huge accolade in itself, but to win this award is recognition, by our peers, of our dedication towards sustainable practices.
I’d like to thank Sterling Pharma Solutions for selecting us to support them with the installation and commissioning of their anaerobic digestion plant and to our team at Synergie for their endless hard work and dedication.
As these awards have shown, we can navigate working practices across all sectors, onto a new and more sustainable path. With inspiration, innovation and the desire to do better, and be better, we can ensure that the future we leave for our future generations is a prosperous, cleaner and greener one.”
The project for Sterling Pharma Solutions included the installation and commissioning of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at its facilities in Northumberland to recycle waste solvents into low carbon gas, which is injected into the national grid.
Synergie managed the full project over the four-year period from feasibility, through construction to commissioning, working in partnership with Sterling. This included supporting the business case for the plant and identifying the correct technology and feedstock that would allow the waste solvents to be suitably converted to low carbon energy through an AD process.
This is the first time in the UK that waste solvent feedstocks have been used in an AD plant to produce low carbon gas. The plant takes waste and converts it into a value income, providing low carbon energy, with the added benefit of providing greater energy resilience.
Held annually, the National Sustainability Awards celebrate great stories of innovation and the breadth of impact across all sectors that can help build a more sustainable and better future.
A full list of the winners can be found here: Winners 2024 // National Sustainability Awards
L-R: John Mullen (Synergie), Jyoti Patel (Sterling Pharma Solutions) & Gavin Ramsey (Synergie)
