The history of AEB goes back to the beginning of the twentieth century. As Amsterdam expanded, household waste posed an ever growing problem. Vuilverbranding Amsterdam Noord, a waste incineration plant, provided the solution. As the city grew, so did waste processing. The development led to the founding of the Afval Energie Bedrijf (Waste Energy Company), part of the municipality of Amsterdam. AEB became an independent company in 2014. Being independent, we contribute to Amsterdam's sustainability ambitions and those of the surrounding municipalities and companies we work with. Today, AEB is one of the largest waste processing plants in Western Europe.

Every year we process 1.4 million tonnes of waste for our customers. We work as cleanly and safely as possible and ensure a healthy financial basis. Together with our partners, we work to solve waste issues. Based on our social conviction, we are always focused on the most responsible solutions for our customers within the possibilities of the moment.  Ensuring a clean society means that we reuse as much as possible and extract valuable materials from waste. What remains we incinerate efficiently and in doing so we provide electricity and district heating for an increasing number of Amsterdam households.

Mission and ambition

We see a changing stream of residual waste in the future. Waste that, stripped of as many raw materials as possible, still yields the highest efficiency when incinerated. In incineration, we see opportunities for reusing or capturing the CO2 released. We convert the energy we generate into electricity and sustainable heat.

What is our ambition?

AEB processes residual waste from municipalities and companies. We extract as many valuable raw materials as possible from the waste. What remains we incinerate efficiently and in doing so we supply electricity and heat for a growing number of households and businesses. In this way, AEB plays an important role in the sustainability ambitions of Amsterdam and the municipalities around us.

How do we work?

To succeed in our mission, we continuously work together with partners on a process that is as efficient as possible to process waste streams and allow energy to achieve optimum value. We are always looking for better and more sustainable ways to process waste and generate energy.