zīləm - Flygt

Environment performance
Manufacturing
Recovery
Waste generated
For End-Of-Life phase, environmental data only accounts for (generated) waste flows (i.e.
no emissions).
Production of
raw material
End-of-life
Transport
Manufactoring
in Emmaboda
Transport
Use
The manufacturing phase extends from resource and energy extraction up to and
including the finished product.
Since most of the Xylem Water Solutions Flygt branded products are manufactured in
Emmaboda, Sweden, it is assumed that the pump is manufactured there. The values for
resource utilization, emissions to atmosphere or water, and waste generation caused by
production have therefore been taken from the factory in Emmaboda.
The core of production is casting and machining of products, the components of which
consist of cast iron, and the production of electric motors for the products. The
environmental impact caused by subcontractors has not been included in the analysis.
The materials recovered from the pump are aluminium, chromium, copper, cast iron, steel,
brass, nickel, zinc and plastics. This presupposes that the materials are handed in to a
suitable recycling plant. During the recovery process in Sweden, the pump is first sent for
initial clearance in which small electronic parts are removed. The pump is then sent for
fragmentation in which it is broken up. Magnets, air currents, water baths and manual
sorting are then used for separating the various materials.
According to the Xylem Flygt recovery schedule for LCA, 10% of the pump material weight
goes to landfill during end-of-life treatment.
At a weight of 159 kg of the pump, this represents a weight of 15.9 kg that goes to landfill.
The remaining material of the pump is assumed to be recycled.
This product complies with the European directive RoHS (Directive 2002/95/EC). Meaning
that the product doesn't contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in levels
exceeding maximum concentration values.
Table 2: Waste from manufacturing, per pump and functional unit
Waste generated Quantity [kg] / pump Quantity [kg] / [kW]
Swarf sold (for recovery) 10.013 0.861
Scrap sold (for recovery) 3.122 0.269
Total metal recovered 13.135 1.130
Hazardous liquid waste 1.061 0.091
Hazardous solid waste 0.339 0.029
Waste to landfill 2.165 0.186
Waste sorted at source. excl. swarf and scrap 5.646 0.486
4 Flygt 2670.180 Environment Product Declaration