Saarland’s waste association EVS has published its first sustainability report. It shows how much energy the Velsen plant draws from the region’s residual waste, and how much the first emissions estimate leaves out.
Entsorgungsverband Saar (EVS) reports revenue of 242.6 million euros for 2025. An operating result is not part of the sustainability report. Its central figures are operational: 115,420 tonnes of residual waste collected from private households, all of it thermally treated at the AVA Velsen plant, which processes 255,000 tonnes of waste a year and generates around 150,000 MWh of electricity and 170,000 MWh of heat.
A First Greenhouse Gas Estimate
For the first time, the association has estimated its greenhouse gas emissions: 20,179 tonnes of CO2 equivalent for Scope 1 and 2. EVS itself calls the figure a first approximation. Reduction targets and a transition plan do not exist yet, while the strategy points to net greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045.
Why the waste-to-energy plant does not appear in the emissions balance, which emissions figure in the report remains unexplained and where most of the association’s sewage sludge ends up: the WtE Monitor+ analysis has the details.
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