Somos FCC - Nº5

The company collects waste in the Austrian Alps at any time, place and under any conditions. Carinthia is the most important re- gion of FCC Environment in Austria, with 163,000 inhabitants, and one of the most mountainous regions, where the company’s waste collec- tion trucks have to travel almost 300 kilometres every day under truly ex- treme conditions, a great challenge for the team that carries out this task on a daily basis. At an altitude of 1,600 metres above sea level is the “Mountain Hotel Mal- ta” hotel, one of FCC Environment’s clients, where the Austrian subsi- diary of the FCC Group, a specialist in environmental services, collects the waste generated in this hotel. Heavy snowfalls from mid-Novem- ber to late April make garbage truck wheel chains essential for climbing roads with gradients of up to 18%. “The mountain known as the Kats- chberg has an average gradient of 12.3% over 5 km at the northern approach, 11.9% covering the 3 km to the south, and maximum gra- dients of 15% including very tight turns and curves and is extremely tough to drive during winter con- ditions. But the largest climb to be found is on the road from Gerlitze over Arriach, with a slope of 18%” explains Erich Stampfer, Logistic and Production Manager for the Ca- rinthia Region. Video showing the work carried out by our colleagues in Carinthia on a daily basis: ible! The daily work of FCC Environment CEE employees at the Carinthia region (Austria) In the photos, detail of one of the waste collection trucks arriving at the Mountain Hotel Malta. P E O P L E S 29 P E O P L E S