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The companies of Grupa KĘTY focus their activities on efficient management of the waste produced. Waste produced is managed in accordance with the EU and Polish regulations, ensuring safety for the environment.
The methods are adjusted on a current basis to the changing formal and legal environment. Waste is collected selectively. Storage areas are separated from the ground, and waste is kept in special hermetic containers.
The Company keeps quantitative and qualitative records. Waste which is not managed in-house is handed over to companies with the required licences.
Aluminium scrap is the typical waste produced by the EPS. The scrap is a valuable material for the production of aluminium billets in the remelting process.
The main waste produced by the ASS includes the remains from aluminium processing, sludge from sewage treatment and waste coating powders.
Characteristic waste produced in the process of packaging manufacturing at the FPS includes multi-material laminates, paper, aluminium foil, plastics, waste paints, lacquers and adhesives.
The total quantity of waste produced by Grupa KĘTY S.A. compared with the values for 2022 grew by 2%.
Larger quantity of waste resulted mainly from commissioning of new systems for aluminium bars homogenisation and a new line for extrusion and heat treatment of aluminium profiles.
At the same time, the quantity of waste generated per ton of product was reduced by 4%. The total quantity of waste generated by the Group companies in Poland did not change significantly, similarly as the intensity ratio.
At the foreign companies of Grupa KĘTY S.A. the share of recycled waste was increased compared with the quantity of waste generated by 149% y/y.
In 2023, at the companies of the FPS there were commissioned new coating systems, which are supposed to contribute to a reduction in the quantity of hazardous waste generation in the coming years.
Produced waste and waste management in 2022 and 2023
| Capital Group | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | Change y/y |
| Companies located in Poland | ||||
| Produced hazardous waste | Mg | 6,216 | 5,012 | -19% |
| Produced non-hazardous waste | Mg | 43,806 | 45,101 | 3% |
| Total produced waste | Mg | 50,022 | 50,113 | 0% |
| Waste recovered | Mg | 49,361 | 49,337 | 0% |
| Neutralised waste | Mg | 662 | 775 | 17% |
| Total produced waste per ton of product | Mg/Mg | 0.168 | 0.169 | 0% |
| Other locations | ||||
| Produced hazardous waste | Mg | 208 | 262 | 26% |
| Produced non-hazardous waste | Mg | 1,512 | 1,780 | 18% |
| Total produced waste | Mg | 1,720 | 2,042 | 19% |
| Waste recovered | Mg | 552 | 1,377 | 149% |
| Neutralised waste | Mg | 786 | 297 | -62% |
| Grupa KĘTY S.A. | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | Change y/y |
| Produced hazardous waste | Mg | 2,564 | 1,737 | -32% |
| Produced non-hazardous waste | Mg | 30,304 | 31,691 | 5% |
| Total produced waste | Mg | 32,868 | 33,429 | 2% |
| Waste recovered | Mg | 32,867 | 33,426 | 2% |
| Waste neutralised | Mg | 1.3 | 2.1 | 62% |
| Total produced waste per ton of product | Mg/Mg | 0.284 | 0.273 | -4% |
Quantity of waste recycled from the aluminium remelting system
Grupa KĘTY S.A. has in place the aluminium recovery process. Recycled is aluminium scrap generated by our production plants as well as scrap purchased from the market.
The process is carried out at the Billets Production Department. Aluminium remelting is carried out in a battery of melting-and-casting induction furnaces (for hard-alloy billets) and gas furnaces (for soft-alloy billets).
The plant selectively collects the particular grades of scrap. By recovering aluminium, the Company saves a lot of energy needed to produce primary aluminium.
Compared with 2022, the quantity of remelted scrap increased from 31,600 tons to 33,200 tons (+5%).
Quantity of waste recycled
| Grupa KĘTY S.A. | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | Change y/y |
| Aluminium scrap recycling | Mg | 31,606 | 33,211 | 5% |
| Scrap recycling per production unit | Mg/Mg | 0.273 | 0.271 | -1% |