ENVIRONMENTAL SUS TA INABILITY
Specific non-recycled industrial waste production
kg/hi beer
2006
2005
2004 1 i™
2003
2002 0.97
2001
1.09
1.41
target
actual
waste removed from waste water by settling or
filtration), which was previously reported as waste
water sludge, is now included in industrial waste,
which has increased the volume of industrial waste
reported by 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) and
Warka (Poland) in particular. Specific non-recycled
industrial waste production in 2003 was 12 per cent
higher at 1.09 kg per hectolitre (beer and soft drinks).
Kieselguhr, which is used by breweries to filter
beer, is recycled entirely or partially by 35 per cent of
our production units. Kieselguhr is used mainly in
agriculture and in some cases as a raw material for
brick manufacture.
Hazardous waste
The reported volume of hazardous waste decreased
to 599 tonnes in 2003, due to a change in the report
ing basis whereby non-recycled hazardous waste is
now reported. There was an actual decrease in the
volume of hazardous waste compared with the year
The Louis Stokes Urban Health Policy Fellows Program
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before at a number of locations, including Madrid
(Spain) and Pedavena (Italy), where the 2002 figure
had been increased by several non-recurring waste
streams.
Waste-water sludge
Over half of the waste-water sludge finds useful
applications in agriculture, in some cases after
composting. The volume of non-recycled (aerobic)
waste-water sludge has remained fairly constant
and amounted to 4,810 tonnes (dry matter) in 2003.
Sludge recycling
AGRICULTURE
COMPOSTING
3.10 Chain responsibility
Environmental performance is an important criterion
in the selection of the suppliers from which our
maltings, breweries and soft-drink plants purchase
their raw materials. Suppliers are regularly assessed
and those on which we rely for strategic materials are
subjected to audits.
We make every effort to minimise the environmen
tal effects of transportation of our products to our
customers, which include the wholesale and on-trade
sectors. One result of this policy is the container
terminal we have built at our brewery in 's-Hertogen-
bosch, so that we can move our products by water
instead of by road.
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