Environment Proportion of recycled content in our raw materials In the face of global raw material shortages and rising market prices, it is imperative that we use our primary and secondary materials with utmost care and conserve these resources for the future. The most effective way for us to conserve resources is to use recycled materials wherever possible, for both our products and packaging materials. One of our key sustainability commitments is to increase our use of recycled materials. We work closely with our suppliers to generate reliable data about the recycled content of the raw materials we use and identify ways to continue improving in this area. We ask our suppliers to provide information about the post-consumer recycled content of their products and materials on an annual basis. We then combine this information with our annual order volumes to calculate the proportion of recycled content for each of our raw material categories. This figure is calculated as a percentage of the total material volumes processed each year. ➔ GRI 301-2 Proportion of recycled content by raw material (in %) As explained above, thanks to our closed-loop zinc recycling system and sorting system for steel waste, we have mechanisms in place to extract high-quality waste metals from our production processes ready for recycling and reuse. However, these circular systems rely on close collaboration between everyone involved. For recycling to work well, manufacturers, waste collection and sorting facilities and recycling infrastructure providers all have to work together. Only then can we capitalise on the synergies and reap the potential benefits. Raw material Recycled content in % Steel 24% Zinc 34% Aluminium 63% Plastic 0%* Wood 100% FSC® * By recycling any waste sprues and feeding them back into our full hot runner injection moulding system, we make very efficient use of our plastic raw materials. The amount of pre-consumer recycled content in a component depends on the set-up of the injection moulding tool, but is around 20% on average. 48 © Copyright by Blum
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