deSter Sustainability Report 2022

PLANET ESG REPORT DESTER 2022
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
Approach
Waste mismanagement could lead to
several risks, like pollution and high costs.
To mitigate these risks, we have implemented
an internal waste management
approach based on the waste hierarchy of
The European Union’s Waste Framework
Directive (1975/442/ EEC) (see graph).
The primary focus is waste from our
manufacturing locations. Based
on this framework, our approach
consists of:
• The waste we produce in our facilities
must be minimized, and should be
reused or recycled where possible
• The amount of waste that remains
should be incinerated with energy
recovery to divert from landfills
• We adhere to local requirements and
only use landfills if regulations require
it. In Prachinburi, local law states that
certain types of waste need be send
to landfills. Yet our goal is to challenge
the status quo concerning landfilling
• where needed .Where possible,
hazardous waste should be avoided.
If necessary, then any resulting waste
should be collected and disposed of
correctly.
Our waste management targets are:
2025
Hoogstraten: 10% waste reduction (in
weight) compared to 2019, relative to
production revenue
Prachinburi: 5% waste reduction (in
weight) compared to 2019, relative to
production revenue
Lima: 5% waste reduction (in weight)
compared to 2021, relative to
production revenue. No hazardous
waste goes to landfill.
2030
Hoogstraten: 15% waste reduction (in
weight) compared to 2019, relative to
production revenue
Prachinburi: 10% waste reduction (in
weight) compared to 2019, relative to
production revenue. Only hazardous
waste categorized by the Thai DIW
and PH should go to landfill.
Lima: 10% waste reduction compared
to 2021, relative to production revenue
2050
Net-zero waste across our internal
operations
The distribution of total waste per
manufacturing location is shown in the
graph (right). Hoogstraten, responsible
for the highest volume of products, has
the largest share.
Looking at the percentage of different
waste treatments techniques in 2022
at our three manufacturing sites, almost
60% of all waste was recycled. At
Hoogstraten, no waste has been sent
to landfills since 2020.
The second graph (right) shows the
amounts of waste generated at our
production locations since 2019. The
Covid-19 pandemic’s influence on production
is evident in the years 2020 and
2021. In 2022, we saw 51% in waste reduction
compared to 2019, the baseline
year. The third graph shows the distribution
of hazardous vs nonhazardous
waste. Hazardous waste accounted for
9% of the 2022 total.
Waste management hierarchy
MOST FAVOURED OPTION
AVOID WASTE
RE-USE
RECYCLE
RECOVER ENERGY
TREAT
(HAZARDOUS WASTE)
LANDFILL
LEAST FAVOURED OPTION
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