Management and value increase

At the Company, our objective is to reduce the environmental impact related to waste generation, promoting Circular Economy management, a concept that proposes a change in linear production, business and consumption systems, incorporating circular production cycles where reuse, recycling and value increase are key operations.

Non-hazardous waste according to treatment method in t

	2018		2019		2020
Value increase	1,588,214		1,774,573		1,897,840
Reuse	797	0.03%	9,796	0.41%	16,055	0.67%
Recycling	190,227	8.26%	162,073	6.76%	160,909	6.68%
Composting and biological degradation	549,399	23.86%	636,091	26.54%	727,661	30.22%
Energy recovery	847,791	36.82%	966,613	40.33%	993,215	41.25%
Final disposal	714,299	31.02%	622,245	25.96%	509,843	21.18%

If you wish to get to know the detail of our circularity processes, please visit Processes and products/Natural and renewable origin/Circularity