2021 Universal Registration Document
NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENT: OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY
Our industrial facilities and offices [NFPS]
Hazardous waste Some factories are equipped with wastewater treatment plants to treat hazardous waste. This is the case of water from surface treatment workshops, which is transformed into metal hydroxide sludge that can be processed to eliminate almost all environmental risks. BIC’s achievements in 2021 regarding the production and management of hazardous waste were as follows: a 3.8% decrease in the quantity of hazardous waste per ton of ● production between 2020 and 2021, mainly due to the Group’s optimization of industrial processes and equipment.
BREAKDOWNOF HAZARDOUSWASTE TREATMENT –%OF TOTAL EXPRESSED IN TONS – BIC
9% 6% 28%
12% 8% 25%
21% 5% 21%
32%
39%
42%
21%
16%
15%
2021
2019
2020
Recycled Incinerated with energy recovery Incinerated without energy recovery Sent to land disposal Sent to other form of treatment disposal
101
• BIC GROUP - 2021 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT •
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online