SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016
Packaging Waste
The production of packaging waste – service packages delivered to the
customers and packages of all imported raw materials – is inevitable in
our line of business. Therefore, and in order to have a correct handling of
this kind of waste, all Ibersol companies adhered to the Packaging Waste
Management Integrated System coordinated by the Sociedade Ponto Verde,
thus ensuring the cycle of take-back, recovery and recycling, and also the
reduction of the volume of landfill-deposited waste. Equally important is
the fact that all units of the Group are enrolled in the Verdoreca system
created by the Sociedade Ponto Verde, which reinforces our active role
in the selective separation of waste (paper/cardboard, plastic/metal and
glass), a task performed on a daily basis and without exception, i.e., in all
restaurants and in every office.
In 2016, as a result of the activity of the Group, we generated approx. 716
tons of waste from service packages. 9% higher than in 2015, but this is
proportional to the increase of the Group’s activity. The same goes to the
waste of the packages of imported raw materials, which registered an in-
crease of 11%, the equivalent of 369 tonnes.
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