The Ministry of environment and ASPAPEL sign agreement on discharges of waste water in the paper industry
The term of the agreement is four years and is binding on all the companies in the sector.
The agreement will result in the reduction of discharges of the paper sector and promotes the rationality in the consumption of water in the framework of the new water policy. Also expected to implement the application of law 16/2002 of prevention and integrated pollution Control (IPPC). The term is four years and is binding on the companies in the sector, which undertake to adapt their discharges to the demanding values emission limit is set and not to use molecular chlorine (Cl2) in the money laundering kraft.
The evolution of the Spanish paper industry waste
Thus, this agreement is to continue with the commitment made in the gradual reduction of waste generated by the paper industry. In March of this year ASPAPEL presented the first sectoral report of sustainability that was published in Spain, as an example of responsibility towards the environment.
Presentation of the programme PREVENPAPEL
In these days of dissemination of the project PREVENPAPEL is an x-ray of the sector in prevention of occupational risks, through the diagnosis of the situation. This report collects and analyzes the evolution of the accident rate in the sector over the past five years, analyses the systematic management of prevention applied and sets out measures for the future.
