- Total Waste
- Waste Handling Routes
Reducing Our Waste
Barcelona, Spain
The site is now reusing a distilled cyclohexane waste stream generated from previous production batches. This saves 45 tonnes of solvent waste annually and reduces the amount of virgin solvent purchased.
This more efficient packaging material will save 25 tonnes of waste annually.
Castiglione, Italy
The site has implemented a new sludge and waste separation technique, leading to a 13% reduction in sludge per tonne of finished product.
The site has introduced a new process to recover two waste solvent streams for reuse as raw materials, saving 40 tonnes of solvent from disposal
Leuna, Germany
The manufacturing plant is now using a thinner plastic film for wrapping our palletized products for secure transportation to our customer locations. This helps to reduce the amount of plastic waste that we put into the supply chain and demonstrates how small projects contribute to both our own and our customers’ carbon and waste reduction efforts.
Vernon, France
The site has been able to reduce the quantity of waste generated from its purchased raw materials by 20 tonnes per year. This was achieved by switching from drums to IBCs and bulk containers, therefore reducing the quantity of packaging for the same volume purchased.
Midland, Pleasanton & Oklahoma
Our Oilfield Services sites in the US have introduced a tote ‘take back’ scheme for customers. Empty totes, previously sent to landfill, are now collected and sent for recycling and reuse, saving over 900 tonnes of waste. Additionally where suitable, wooden pallets are now reused at these sites, or sent for recycling if they are deemed unsuitable for reuse, avoiding disposal by landfill.