Plastic Omnium - 2018 Registration Document

3 STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE CSR integrated in the business lines PLASTIC OMNIUM 2018 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 113 WATER CONSUMPTION 2016 2017 2018 Annual consumption (in m 3 ) 1,142,753 excl Saint-Désirat (1) 1,206,658 1,128,655 Consumption in l/kg of processed material 2.510 excl Saint-Désirat (1) 2.644 2.768 In order to improve comparability, consumption for the Saint-Désirat site in France (disposed of in 2017 and therefore not recorded in 2017), has been deleted (1) from 2016 consumption as it represented a very significant share of total consumption (528,190 m 3 in 2016). ECO-DESIGN AND RECYCLABILITY 3.2.3.1 and current and future regulatory requirements, the Plastic Omnium Group must offer recyclable or recoverable products and minimize their environmental impact. Resource management is a growing concern for Plastic Omnium’s users and customers. European regulations require 95% of the average weight of vehicles to be reused and recovered. To meet these market expectations Plastic recycles particularly well, and plays a key role in achieving a circular economy. To manage its impact, Plastic Omnium monitors its use of raw materials and the volume of waste generated, constantly seeking to optimize its processes to produce more by consuming less. Depending on the intended use of the product, different types and grades of plastics are purchased: polyethylene, polypropylene, ABS, or ASA, etc. Composite materials have major benefits in product manufacturing. ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF RAW MATERIALS IN METRIC TONS 2016 2017 2018 New plastics 350,635 354,089 349,262 Blank composites 20,738 15,660 16,623 Recycled plastics 51,616 51,072 10,203 Biosourced plastics 388 260 0 TOTAL PLASTICS 423,378 421,081 376, 089 Paints/solvent consumption 17,663 18,868 17,696 The Divisions are continually working to improve the efficiency of processes to reduce the volume of waste generated during manufacturing. Most materials are channeled back into manufacturing, but when this is not possible, there are three processing options: recycled waste comprising reuse (with a usage identical to the one for ● which the part or product was initially designed, without intermediate processing), the recycling or material regeneration (giving the material its primary properties back, by processing or introducing additives that enable it to be put back into the production cycle); recovered waste comprising reuse (with a usage different from the one ● for which the part or product was initially designed, possibly with intermediate processing) and recovery by incineration with energy recovery; final waste, which includes non-recovered waste, waste incinerated ● without energy recovery and waste disposed of in landfill.