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FCC Environmental Services begins operations for Volusia County, Florida (U.S.A.) Awarded the ‘Bonus Prevention’ prize by the Mutua Universal Two new charging stations for electric vehicles in Himberg, Lower Austria We restored the splendour of the garden at St. Luke’s Hospital in Leicestershire (United Kingdom) FCC Environment CEE unveils OdpadOnline.sk FCC Environmental Services (the American affiliate of FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente) began operations in Volusia County on April 1st. The new urban solid waste collection contract, which will serve 45,000 households, has a term of seven and a half years and an order book value of almost $90 million, with a possible extension for another seven years. The contract will count upon a staff of 45 employees and a fleet of 35 brand-new vehicles of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), fuelled through an on-site fuel compressor system. FCC Medio Ambiente has received the Bonus Preven - tion Award from Mutua Universal for 2018 for its excellent work in the area of prevention culture and its commit- ment to reducing accidents and preventing occupational risks. This is the second award achieved by the company after the one received for 2017. Bo- nus Prevention is an incentive system granted by the General Directorate of Social Security, through the mutual companies that collaborate with this entity, for companies that have contri- buted effectively to reducing the number of ac- cidents at work and have carried out effective actions in the prevention of accidents at work and professional illnesses. FCC Environment CEE has welcomed its first hybrid electric/plug-in vehicles. To enable these vehicles to provide the relevant services and facilitate the increase of the share of plug-in/electric hybrid vehicles in the fleet in the future, it is also ne- cessary to consider the charging infrastructu- re. These two charging centres are exclusi - vely for charging FCC vehicles. Harborough District Council, in partnership with FCC Environment, has restored the garden at St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough to its former glory. St Luke’s put out an appeal on Facebook, asking for help to breathe some life back into the rundown garden. A member of FCC Environment’s staff saw the appeal, and with the help of Harborough District Council decided to step in. The garden, which is used by both patients and staff, has since had a radical facelift. In accordance with FCC Environment Group’s long-term strategy in the field of online solutions, a new online ser- vice has been launched, this time in Slovakia. Following the successful development of the Abfall Service online project in Austria, OdpadOnline.sk has been launched, which operates on the same principle. Thanks to this ser- vice, customers can order a container and ensure the safe disposal of their waste by logging onto the website www. odpadonline.sk . B R I E F - E N V I R O N M E N T 60 ENVIRONMENT B R I E F