Circular Economy
The company aims to reduce the environmental impact of its waste generation by promoting a circular economy management model, which changes the paradigm of production, sale and consumption from linear to circular and applies the key concepts of reuse, recycling and recovery of side streams and converting them into production cycles.
Non-hazardous waste by treatment method (in metric tons)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Reuse | 0.03% | 0.06% | ||
| Recycling | 8.38% | 7.21% | ||
| Composting and biological decomposition | 24.29% | 27. 05% | ||
| Waste to energy | 37.49% | 41.11% | ||
| Disposal | ||||
| Final disposal | 29.80% | 24.57% | ||
Waste collected (in metric tons)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Total | 317,000 | 305,000 | 290,000 |
Amount and origin of recycled paper purchased for CMPC production
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Fibras in Chile, Sorepa Peru and Softys Argentina | 373,368 | |||
| Third parties | 202,311 | |||
| Intercompany | 29,063 | |||
| Total | 604,742 |