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MYTILINEOS GROUP
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2011 |43
Waste quantities by disposal method
2011
Recycling (ton)
3,182.1
Disposal in landfills for Hazardous Waste & Landfills for Non-Hazardous Waste (ton)
697,525.1
Disposal at sea (ton)
212,061.0
Reuse / Utilisation (raw material in ceramic industry, cement production, infrastructures etc.) (ton)
88.430,3
Storage & oil separation (in third-party facilities) (ton)
529.0
Collection by third parties (Destruction) (ton)
352.0
Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil (ton)
81.7
Waste exchange (ton)
23.4
Recovery (ton)
17.9
Incineration (or use as fuel) (ton)
5.0
Compliance with environmental laws
and regulations
The strict adherence to the applicable laws and regulations by the Group Companies, the implementation of an environmental legislation review and updating
procedure, and the application of all relevant regulations concerning the Group's activities, have resulted in the absence of sanctions (monetary or otherwise)
for non-compliance with environmental provisions. Furthermore, in the context of the ad hoc checks and inspections conducted in the Group Companies by the
Environmental Inspectors Service during 2011, no remarks were made and no violations of environmental rules and regulations were established.
Environmental expenditures
In 2011, the total expenditure of MYTILINEOS Group for environmental protection actions stood at €12.9 million, up 50% from the corresponding amount in
2010. Of this total expenditure, 64.3% concerned costs for the disposal of waste and for the treatment of gas emissions, and the remaining 35.7% concerned
prevention and environmental management costs of the Group Companies. The detailed breakdown is the following:
Environmental expenditures
2009
2010
2011
Waste disposal, gas emissions treatment & rehabilitation costs
Waste disposal – management (€)
931,755
3,176,531
2,267,637
Treatment of gas emissions (e.g. expenditures for filters, active equipment) (€)
2,928,000
2,386,827
3,201,260
Purchase and use of gas emission certificates (€)
1,600
6,200
6,610
Study for Solvents Management Plan (€)
3,000
-
-
Depreciation of relevant equipment, maintenance, operation-related materials and services,
and personnel-related costs (€)
-
259,700
248,857
Environmental liability insurance (€)
-
-
73,197
Cleaning costs, including spillage rehabilitation costs (€)
-
-
1,228,346
Total (€)
3,864,355
5,569,558
7,025,907
Prevention & environmental management costs
Third-party services for environmental management (€)
128,000
187,552
108,999
Independent certification of Environmental Management Systems (€)
12,000
4,500
4,526
Improvements to the Environmental Management System (€)
25,000
15,000
-
Landscape rehabilitation (€)
255,000
273,000
200,000
Personnel for general Environmental Management activities (€)
510,000
487,742
517,213
Additional expenditures for “green” purchases and other environmental management costs – R&D
and Additional expenditures for installation of “clean” technologies (€)
1,165,000
-
72,623
Purchase and use of gas emission certificates (€)
-
48,000
-
Other environmental management costs (€)
-
2.082.508
4,962,412
Total (€)
2,095,000
3,098,302
5,865,773
MYTILINEOS Group
