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Waste management/recycling<br />

Basic principle of NEUSIEDLER waste management<br />

The paper and pulp industry produces wastes mainly in the <strong>for</strong>m of paper<br />

broke, packaging materials, bark, screening rejects, clarification sludge from<br />

water treatment and ash and slag from furnaces. A great part of these materials<br />

can be either recycled within the production process or used elsewhere.<br />

The waste management of the NEUSIEDLER Group endeavours to adhere as<br />

far as possible to the basic principle of waste management, i.e. to a list of priorities<br />

ranging from waste avoidance to final dumping as a last resort. This principle<br />

paves the way <strong>for</strong> the optimum reuse or disposal of all waste, in strict<br />

compliance with European legal requirements.<br />

Maximum reuse is an overarching aim at NEUSIEDLER. Unavoidable waste is<br />

generally recycled to the highest possible degree or discharged <strong>for</strong> external material<br />

reuse. If none of these alternatives is possible, the waste is either converted<br />

into thermal energy or, after environmentally appropriate treatment, deposited<br />

as landfill.<br />

Priority order Examples<br />

Avoidance h Avoidance of broke and seconds through strict quality management<br />

h Avoidance of packaging waste, etc. through shipment in large tanks<br />

and use of refillable containers<br />

Reuse h Reuse of wrongly declared but undamaged goods in specialities<br />

finishing<br />

Internal use as material h Efficient chemical recovery in pulp production<br />

h Recycling of paper broke<br />

External use as material h Strict separation of waste as basis <strong>for</strong> external reuse (wood, metals,<br />

glass, plastics, waste paper, hazardous waste, etc.)<br />

Use as fuel h Burning of bark, waste liquor and sludge if feasible<br />

Treatment h Treatment of hazardous waste by external companies<br />

Disposal h Deposition of combustion residues (ashes and slag) and other not<br />

recyclable residues<br />

On account of the stringent legislation that has prevailed <strong>for</strong> many years,<br />

waste management is most advanced at the Austrian plants, which serve as a<br />

model <strong>for</strong> the entire Group. At the Austrian locations, more than 30 different<br />

types of waste are collected and transferred to appropriate material and/or energy<br />

utilisation. As a result, only approximately 2% of the entire waste ends up in<br />

landfill.<br />

27 NEUSIEDLER Sustainability Report 2003 | Environment

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