Environment Our waste management officer in Austria is the central point of contact for waste-related issues and coordinates waste management activities across our organisation together with their local counterparts. This includes the planning and development of our waste management system and strategy; monitoring, managing and controlling all waste management data; analysing our waste volumes and types; and liaising with our waste disposal partners. Depending on the country, the relevant facility managers, plant managers and environmental officers are responsible for implementing waste management plans at an operational level in their facility. Wherever possible, we try to keep transport distances short and to recycle materials locally. Our strategic priorities for our waste management system are as follows: – Increasing the level of automat ion / digitalisat ion By introducing sensor technologies and smar t waste management systems, we can simplif y our work processes, improve work place safet y standards, increase the amount of waste collected and generally run our operations more ef ficiently and sustainably. – Cut t ing residual waste volumes We are commit ted to keeping our residual waste volumes low and fur ther reducing them wherever possible. To achieve this goal, we are expanding our facilities for sor ting and separating our waste and pr ior itising careful use of raw mater ials in production. – Maintaining and increasing our recycling rates Each year, we team up with our waste disposal par tners to evaluate the recycling outcomes for our dif ferent waste t ypes. By separating our waste into specific t ypes, we help suppor t recycling and closed-loop cycles. We already have closedloop mater ial cycles in place in several areas of our business, including our sor ting systems for waste steel and plastic, our zinc recycling system and our system of reusable transpor t containers made from plastic and cardboard. – Reducing transpor t operat ions One of the best ways to reduce waste transpor t is to select the r ight waste collection container. We therefore evaluate our waste volumes so that we can select appropr iately sized sk ips and adjust them as necessar y. Wherever possible, we also use compactors to reduce the volume of waste and therefore the number of journeys required. – Increasing employee awareness Our employees play an impor tant role in implementing our waste management system. When they first join the company, all new employees receive commercial waste management training, which promotes a shared understanding of the topic and its many complexities. All staf f are also encouraged to exchange information and learn from one another so that we can work together to optimise our company waste management practices. 48 © Copyright by Blum
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