deSter Sustainability Report 2022
deSter launched its first-ever Sustainability Report, showcasing deSter's dedication to environmental responsibility, social impact, and ethical governance, reflecting the company's holistic approach toward sustainability.
deSter launched its first-ever Sustainability Report, showcasing deSter's dedication to environmental responsibility, social impact, and ethical governance, reflecting the company's holistic approach toward sustainability.
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DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL<br />
WASTE IN <strong>2022</strong><br />
PER PRODUCTION<br />
FACILITY<br />
OPERATIONAL WASTE<br />
TREATMENT METHODS USED<br />
AT OUR PRODUCTION<br />
FACILITIES IN <strong>2022</strong><br />
HAZARDOUS WASTE<br />
VS NONHAZARDOUS WASTE<br />
PER YEAR FOR 3<br />
PRODUCTION LOCATIONS<br />
Hoogstraten | 64%<br />
Prachinburi | 29 %<br />
Lima | 7%<br />
Recycled | 59%<br />
Incinerated with energy<br />
recovery | 37 %<br />
Landfilled | 3 %<br />
Digester | 1 %<br />
2,500<br />
2,000<br />
1,500<br />
1,500<br />
500<br />
0<br />
2019 2020 2021 <strong>2022</strong><br />
Hazardous waste<br />
Non-hazardous waste<br />
Actions<br />
To minimize internal waste and optimize<br />
resource use, we have introduced an internal<br />
regrinding process for plastics,<br />
making it possible to turn production<br />
waste (like plastic film) into pellets, then<br />
use these pellets to make new products.<br />
Our Dry Molded Fiber line currently under<br />
development in Hoogstraten uses<br />
a similar system to turn fiber waste into<br />
fluff material, which can be reintroduced<br />
in the same production process. These<br />
processes save resources and increase<br />
environmental benefits. We are proud to<br />
report a 98% efficiency in terms of fluff<br />
pulp resource use.<br />
handled in the most appropriate way<br />
by an external accredited waste collector.<br />
In Hoogstraten, for example, there<br />
are 13 different waste streams being<br />
collected. To ensure our waste ends up<br />
in the correct bin, the information on<br />
waste sorting is added to our Safety<br />
Brochure for new employees. We strive<br />
to make the separate waste streams<br />
as clear as possible in our Hoogstraten<br />
buildings with different colored containers,<br />
pictures and descriptions on each<br />
bin, so employees can easily find the<br />
correct one. The pictures (left) depict<br />
some of our bins and waste streams in<br />
Hoogstraten.<br />
We are also setting up a system for reusing<br />
wet molded fibers from the paper<br />
board cutlery production process in<br />
another internal process. Since the wet<br />
molded fiber production is still getting<br />
underway, this reusing system will launch<br />
by the end of 2023. Next, our products<br />
are not mixed: we produce either plastic<br />
products or aluminum ones. Further,<br />
we have installed a magnet in certain<br />
machines to remove metal from plastic<br />
pellets and use sieves to prevent contaminants<br />
in our manufactured products.<br />
Furthermore, we strive to sort our<br />
waste as much as possible and create<br />
different streams that can be collected<br />
separately. These clean streams are
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