WASTE MANAGEMENT In relation to waste management, the Maire Tecnimont Group, in accordance with the Local Applicable Legislation (Ref. Italian law Decree 152/2006 and subsequent amendments and supplements), and in accordance with its ISO 14001 environmental management system, undertakes attentive and comprehensive collection, transportation and final treatment of waste by means of qualified external companies. Indeed, detailed listing and monitoring is performed relative to the type of waste to be disposed of, with indication of the local applicable regulations (referred EWC code - European Waste Catalogue) and the quantity produced in percentage terms. The Group has provided several locations with segregated collection bins for paper waste, plastic and toner, promoting the “reduce – reuse – recycle” message, and specific temporary storage areas, avoiding mixing hazardous (electronic components pc, lead-acid batteries, neon lamps) and nonhazardous waste (paper, toner, electronic components, alkaline batteries, furniture, plastic packaging, mixed metals, insulating material, wood). The highest percentage of waste consists of paper; therefore, the digitalization of documents assists a “paper-less” approach which helps to reduce paper supplies and consequently paper waste. The Group has started also to increase the purchase of recycled paper, encouraging even more a “recycling culture”.
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It’s also highlighted that 111 tons of non-hazardous waste (representing 98.9% of total waste) were recycled. The percentage of recovery is increasing for each year. Site and HSE Managers, endorsing the Group commitment, verify daily and manage the Subcontractors waste procedures and behaviors, in cooperation with specialized waste companies according to local laws. The percentage of waste disposal (and therefore the percentage of recovery) is affected, in some cases, by the rules of the construction site applied at the industrial site owned by the end user. The percentage of recovery increased in 2018 compared to 2017, from 11.8% to 13.7%. For Tecnimont the percentage of waste recycled increased significantly during the last 3 years, passing from 4% in 2015 to 12% in 2018 (increasing 5% from 2017 to 2018).