Geocycle, LafargeHolcim Ltd Im Schachen, Holderbank (2026)

08/08/2023

Geocycle Artesia (USA) Is Proud to Support the Artesia Community and Sponsor Area Children

Since 1993, Geocycle has helped to sponsor local events in the town of Artesia, Mississippi.
During this year’s annual “Artesia Day” festival (August 3–6), our Geocycle team worked closely with Mayor Jimmy Sanders—a proponent for many years of building Geocycle-community relationships—to donate festival door prizes and school supplies. This year, Day not only focused on children from the local Artesia community, but also the entire Golden Triangle
area (Lowndes, Oktibbeha, and Clay Counties).

Photo: Geocycle Artesia’s Customer Service Representative, Tammy Daniels and Artesia
Mayor, Jimmy Sanders.

11/07/2023

Lafarge and Geocycle Canada’s Waste Processing & Decarbonization Project “Phoenix” is in Full Swing

Lafarge and Geocycle’s Project Phoenix in Brookfield, Nova Scotia (Canada) is in full swing! The project site is a hub of activity. It has been cleared and the first foundations are being placed for the facility that will house the pre-processing line. This line will help to convert and prepare different types of non-recyclable residential, construction & demolition, and industrial & commercial wastes for co-processing at Lafarge’s Brookfield Cement Plant. These wastes will not only be diverted away from landfills but they will be completely destroyed and their intrinsic mineral and energy value be captured in the cement manufacturing process.
As the Lafarge cement plant continues to be the largest employer in the local Brookfield community, the project is bringing 5 new direct jobs. Please check for new opportunities at https://www.lafarge.ca/en/careers
Work on the co-processing site will commence shortly. This site will house the upgraded system that will enable the Lafarge and Geocycle team to introduce the processed waste materials directly into the high temperature zones of the cement kiln.
Once completed, the project will allow the Brookfield cement plant to accelerate its transition to lower carbon options, and divert thousands of tons of waste away from landfills. Additionally, the project will further reduce the plant’s CO2 emissions bringing Lafarge and Geocycle closer to our goal of Net Zero.

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In the picture there are Lois Margolis (2nd from right), Christopher Richards (3rd from right), Hal Fowler (3rd from left, Fowler constructions - Main Contractor) and other contract personnel from Quality Concrete.
Lafarge and Geocycle Canada’s Waste Processing & Decarbonization Project “Phoenix” is in Full Swing

Lafarge and Geocycle’s Project Phoenix in Brookfield, Nova Scotia (Canada) is in full swing! The project site is a hub of activity. It has been cleared and the first foundations are being placed for the facility that will house the pre-processing line. This line will help to convert and prepare different types of non-recyclable residential, construction & demolition, and industrial & commercial wastes for co-processing at Lafarge’s Brookfield Cement Plant. These wastes will not only be diverted away from landfills but they will be completely destroyed and their intrinsic mineral and energy value be captured in the cement manufacturing process.
As the Lafarge cement plant continues to be the largest employer in the local Brookfield community, the project is bringing 5 new direct jobs. Please check for new opportunities at https://www.lafarge.ca/en/careers
Work on the co-processing site will commence shortly. This site will house the upgraded system that will enable the Lafarge and Geocycle team to introduce the processed waste materials directly into the high temperature zones of the cement kiln.
Once completed, the project will allow the Brookfield cement plant to accelerate its transition to lower carbon options, and divert thousands of tons of waste away from landfills. Additionally, the project will further reduce the plant’s CO2 emissions bringing Lafarge and Geocycle closer to our goal of Net Zero.

In the picture there are Lois Margolis (2nd from right), Christopher Richards (3rd from right), Hal Fowler (3rd from left, Fowler constructions - Main Contractor) and other contract personnel from Quality Concrete.

13/06/2023

British Columbia (Canada)’s Elected Leaders met with Geocycle and Lafarge Team to Strengthen Relationships and Accelerate Green Growth

Geocycle Canada’s Senior Manager Rustam Punja presented the Low Carbon Program and its importance to our ambitions to David Eby, Premier Minister, and Honourable George Heyman Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, British Columbia, Canada during their visit to Lafarge Canada’s Richmond Cement Plant last month, in connection with Lafarge Canada’s Partnership with Svante and Dimensional Energy.

link to Press Release: https://www.lafarge.ca/en/lafarge-canada-partnership-svante-and-dimensional-energy-begin-utilization-co2-captured-richmond

Geocycle Canada and Lafarge Richmond Cement Plant constructed a silo and associated systems that co-process biosolids as an alternative low carbon fuel for the Richmond cement kiln.

01/06/2023

State and local representatives joined Holcim Alpena plant and Geocycle USA employees for a ribbon cutting on Thursday, June 1st . Two of the plant’s five kilns will now be used to convert approximately 2.2 million automobile tires annually from the Geocycle facility in Coleman (Michigan, USA). The tires will be sustainably co-processed to create what is known as tire-

derived fuel (TDF): .Geocycle USA will collect, preprocess and provide a stable source of unrecycled tires to the plant. Geocycle is driving the move towards a circular economy by turning industrial, agricultural and municipal byproducts into alternative fuels and raw materials.

Learn more: https://www.holcim.us/alpena-alternative-fuel-2023

16/05/2023

At Holly Hill Cement Plant, we achieved a great milestone towards

Geocycle and the Holcim Holly Hill cement plant (South Carolina, USA) invested approximately $10 million USD to design and build the new waste recycling capacities to co-process plastic, fiber, construction & demolished waste and expired consumer products. The new system has been successfully commissioned with capability of more than 90% of traditional fuel replacement and recorded a daily peak of 100%. This will further reduce the plant’s CO2 emissions by 36,000 tons per year. This is equivalent to carbon sequestered by 595,263 tree seedlings grown for 10 years! Another great milestone to a net zero future! A great team achievement to reach our decarbonization ambitions!

09/05/2023

Driven by our Strategy 2025 - Accelerating – Canada and Lafarge Canada have been paving the way for utilizing low carbon alternative fuels to divert household, commercial, and construction & demolition wastes away from landfills.

The project will significantly increase the plant’s capacities to pre-process plastics and high biogenic waste materials (banned from landfills in Nova Scotia), and then sustainably co-process these wastes in the cement manufacturing process. This will allow the Brookfield cement plant to offset a portion of its fossil fuel use with lower carbon options, and divert over 15,000 tons of waste away from landfills. Additionally, the project will further reduce the plant’s CO2 emissions by about 40,000 tons per year bringing us closer to our goal of Net Zero. This is equivalent to carbon sequestered by 711,009 tree seedlings grown for 10 years.

02/05/2023

Driven by our ambitious and circular economy goals, Geocycle and Holcim completed installing a new pre-processing platform in Ada, OK. This allows the Geocycle team to recycle significantly more tires at the Holcim Ada cement plant and thus divert thousands of tons of scrap tires from landfill. The plant, in turn, sustainably co-processes the tires and recovers energy inherent in this waste, as opposed to consuming the scarce natural energy resources.

The Geocycle Ada team began using the new platform last month and works towards achieving our Ambitions.

04/04/2023

Geocycle North America’s 2030 Green Growth Ambitions

At our annual Geocycle North America meeting last month, the leadership team announced our vision and ambition for the next seven years for achieving Holcim's Accelerating Green Growth strategy.

Working towards 2030, Geocycle – a major player of sustainability & circular economy in North America – will focus on providing zero landfill services to consumer-packaged goods companies, coal combustion utilities, and other key industries in the USA and Canada. Through sustainably treating industrial by-products (co-processing), Geocycle will substantially increase the volumes of alternative fuels delivered to Holcim cement plants, to double by 2025 and triple by 2030. Moreover, Geocycle North America’s annual CO2 reduction will increase by 0.8 mmt by 2025 and 2.4 mmt by 2030.

Way to go, Geocycle North America!

28/03/2023

After a very productive 2022, Geocycle teams across North America have been accelerating efforts in 2023 to continue , sustainably recycling industrial by-products and contributing to the circular economy of local communities. Geocycle teams do this through multiple activities, such as investing in new recycling assets, working closely with local communities, and increasing operational effectiveness. In the first two months of 2023, Geocycle St. Genevieve and Northampton teams (USA) nearly doubled the volumes of alternative fuels delivered to the Holcim cement plants, compared to last year. Excellent work, Geocycle North America!

15/03/2023

Last week, Wilma Davis was among the 5 women that were celebrated in construction 2023. Wilma is a Site Manager at Fredonia, KS, USA who continues to contribute and inspire our team.

Immediately after college, Wilma found herself working as a chemist for one of Holcim’s competitors. It was purely by chance that she ended up in the industry and considers herself quite lucky to be a part of it. “After raising my children, I spent a few years teaching mathematics at a local community college, but I wanted to return to the hazardous waste industry and found my way to Holcim through Systech-Geocycle.”

Thank you for your continued contributions to Rethinking Waste, Wilma. We will continue to celebrate all the women in our workforce, who are a growing force in our industry.

16/02/2023

and (US) Awarded Contract
with Kentucky’s Largest Utilities.

Read the entire article here: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/geocycle-and-holcim-awarded-contract-with-kentuckys-largest-utilities-301748929.html

14/02/2023

Geocycle Systech Fredonia, USA Improves Waste Recycling Capacities, Raises Customer Satisfaction

Geocycle Systech in Fredonia, Kansas, recycles approximately 50,000 tons of industrial hazardous byproducts each year. The recycled waste, which includes byproducts from the pharmaceutical industry, petroleum refining, chemical manufacturing, and more, however, can be turned into renewable energy with Geocycle Systech’s blend tanks.

Last month, the Fredonia team replaced two tanks that blend waste through co-processing. While the team was able to recycle and harvest energy with its former tanks, the new equipment allows the team to blend even more materials and extract a greater amount of energy throughout the recycling process. Moreover, the new tanks help decrease the amount of time spent handling hazardous waste materials, which has increased customer satisfaction while contributing to the circular economy!

Great job, Fredonia Team!

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