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- Orizon Valorização de Resíduos S.A. operates as a leading Brazilian waste recovery company specializing in integrated waste management solutions. The company’s core products and services encompass four main segments: final disposal of solid waste, energy generation from biogas and biomethane including carbon credit trading, waste processing, and environmental engineering services. Orizon manages waste treatment and disposal plants primarily in the State of Rio de Janeiro and other regions in Brazil, offering treatment of hazardous and non-hazardous waste and operating landfills for non-hazardous waste. Its energy segment focuses on capturing and treating gases derived from waste decomposition to generate renewable energy through biogas-fueled power plants and biomethane production. The waste processing segment develops plants that process industrial materials, recycle solid urban waste, and produce energy via direct waste burning. The environmental engineering division provides services such as recovery of degraded areas, remediation of contaminated sites, environmental monitoring, waste management consultancy, and cleaning of oil industry tanks. The company also pursues circular economy initiatives including recycling, refuse-derived fuel production, waste composting for organomineral fertilizer, coprocessing, and reverse manufacturing for reintegration of materials into production chains.
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, Orizon Valorização de Resíduos underwent a major name change in August 2020, formerly known as Haztec Investimentos e Participações S.A. Recent strategic developments include a significant US$43 million financing deal signed in 2024 with Banco do Nordeste do Brasil for the construction of a large-scale biomethane plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, which is under advanced construction and expected to significantly increase renewable energy output. The company also launched the Onebio biomethane purification plant in partnership with Edge in Paulínia, São Paulo, which is poised to become Brazil’s largest facility of its kind. Orizon has demonstrated consistent organic growth with price increases above inflation, expansion of its renewable energy portfolio, enhancement of carbon credit sales as a recurring revenue stream, and strengthening of its capital structure through debt elongation and a successful follow-on offering. Its ecoparks serve as critical environmental safeguards, reducing carbon emissions and ensuring environmentally sound disposal of non-recyclable waste across Brazil, with growing investments in regions such as João Pessoa focused on biomethane, refuse-derived fuel, and recycled materials sorting operations. Orizon is a subsidiary of Inovatec Participações S.A. and continues to position itself as a pioneer in sustainable development and waste valorization in Brazil’s waste management industry.