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Aspapel Presents the update 2013 of the memory of sustainability of the sector

The use of water to manufacture paper and cellulose diminishes 4%

Editorial Interempresas20/06/2013

20 June 2013

Energetic efficiency, efficiency in the use of water and efficiency in the gestión of the waste of the process are the master lines of performance of the sector of the cellulose and the paper regarding the process of manufacture, as it collects in the Update 2013 of the Memory of sectorial Sustainability presented around the middle of June by Aspapel.

Photo: Leszek Soltys.

Energetic efficiency: biomass and natural gas like fuels and cogeneration

A mix of fuels based in the biomass (37%) and the natural gas (61%) together with the cogeneration (1.135 MW of installed power), recognised like MTD (Better Available Technology), are the big bets of the sector in energetic matter.

Efficiency in the gestión of waste: 72% valoriza

In 2012 72% of the waste of the process valorizaron and the percentage of waste that finished in the dump (28%) reduced a point regarding the previous year.

Important growth of the energetic valorisation in the own factory: 24% of the total waste of process valorizan already by this road (in front of 9% in 2011), surpassing already the aim fixed for 2015 (20%).

The valorisation of waste papeleros in the ceramic industry and cementera diminishes like consequence of the crisis, that is doing feel especially in the sectors related with the construction of house and the public works.

Efficiency in the use of water and improvement of the quality of the poured

Only 5% of the water used in the process consumes and 95% remaining gives back to the course or to the network, after being debugged in own installations of the sector.

The utilisation of water in the process in 2012 diminishes 4%, while the production of paper (-0,4%) and cellulose (+0,2%) keeps in similar levels to the previous year.