• Objective of sustainable development strategy

    Strategic objectives:

    • Reduction of waste generation

    Operational objectives for 2023:

    • The share of municipal waste in the total waste of the Company is below 1%.
    • Implementation of the washings reduction project
    • 100% of industrial waste generated in FFiL Śnieżka SA is sent for recycling or reuse
    • Reduction by 2024 by 30% compared to the base year of 2021 in the amount of municipal waste sent to landfill
  • Objective of sustainable development strategy

    Achievement of objectives:

    • The share of municipal waste in the total waste of the Company at the level of 0,6%.
    • Implementation of the washings reduction project
    • 100% of industrial waste generated in FFiL Śnieżka SA is sent for recycling or reuse
    • Reduction of municipal waste sent to landfill by 52%

[ESRS E5-5]

All waste generated by the Group companies is subject to strict sorting by its type and waste code – in accordance with the applicable laws. FFiL Śnieżka SA sends all industrial and municipal waste generated to specialized facilities dealing with preparation for reuse, recycling or other recovery or disposal processes. The Company’s strategy assumes sending waste directly to facilities dealing with waste management. This allows to eliminate the possibility of uncontrolled and illegal emissions into the environment.

As part of waste management, the Group focuses primarily on industrial waste, the vast majority of which consists of washings. In addition, packaging waste (paper, plastics, metals, glass) and municipal waste segregated by type of material, i.e. paper, glass, metals, plastics, biomass and mixed waste, are also generated.

In 2023, analyses of the potential for reducing washings due to the reduction of industrial water consumption were successfully carried out (more information on this subject can be found in the Report in item 10.3.3.2.). The Group does not produce radioactive waste.

The only waste generated at FFiL Śnieżka SA which is disposed of in a landfill is mixed municipal waste that cannot be recycled or reused. They account for 0,6% of the total waste generated by the Company.

408.23 t

total weight of waste recycled in the Company

Waste generated and disposed of by FFiL Śnieżka SA and the Śnieżka Group*

Entity Śnieżka SA Śnieżka Group
Total amount of waste generated tonnes 2925.066 3346.725
Total amount of hazardous waste that avoided disposal, including the following types of recovery process: tonnes 43.487 67.214
preparation for reuse tonnes 43.127** 46.711
recycling tonnes 0.360 20.503
other recovery processes 0.000 0.000
Total amount of non-hazardous waste that avoided disposal, including the following types of recovery process: tonnes 515.84 635.502
preparation for reuse tonnes 107.972 107.972
recycling tonnes 407.868 527.530
other recovery processes 0.000 0.000
The amount of hazardous waste intended for disposal, including the following types of processing: tonnes 0.000 28.141
burning 0.000 0.000
storage tonnes 0.000 28.1408
other disposal processes 0.000 0.000
The amount of non-hazardous waste intended for disposal, including the following types of processing: tonnes 2365.739 2615.868
burning 0.000 0.000
storage tonnes 18.560 266.009
other disposal processes tonnes 2347.179*** 2349.859
Total amount of non-recycled waste tonnes 2516.838 2798.692
Total percentage of non-recycled waste % 86.04% 83.62%
* The table includes waste actually generated by the departments. This waste is transported for management, disposal and recycling based on the Waste Database cards (BDO), excluding landfilling. The data presented in the table comes from the waste register.
** For the production of alternative fuel.
*** Category D9 washings in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC.

The production processes of finished products in the Group’s plants do not directly generate hazardous waste. This waste is generated in indirect processes as a result of work accompanying production (e.g. cleaning of equipment, production line, technological apparatus, defective goods and products). In 2023, FFiL Śnieżka SA recorded a decrease in the generated hazardous waste compared to 2022. Less hazardous waste results from reduced production volumes.

A decline in the amount of hazardous waste generated was also recorded for the entire Śnieżka Group. Similarly to FFiL Śnieżka SA, the reduction resulted from a reduction in production volume, which is directly related to lower frequency of cleaning equipment and production lines. The lower volume of hazardous waste also stems from the reduction of the amount of defective and non-compliant goods and products.

The amount of non-hazardous waste generated in individual branches of the Group depends on many factors, such as production volume, emergency situations, renovations and modernizations, and activities related to maintaining biological cleanliness. Based on the complete set of data, it was determined that the implementation of goals and tasks aimed at caring for the natural environment had been achieved. Monitoring of the quantity and the method of management takes place on a continuous basis.

In 2023 – due to the reduction in production volume – a decrease in the generation of non-hazardous waste at FFiL Śnieżka SA occurred.

FFIL ŚNIEŻKA SA participates in developing and maintaining a system for the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste generated from packaging introduced onto the market.  This process is carried out in accordance with legal requirements.

The Company also reduces its negative impact on the environment by sorting waste. Sorted waste, e.g. waste paper, is sold to external entities.

The Śnieżka Group implements guidelines for the circular economy. In 2023, it carried out activities aimed at increasing the amount of recycled raw materials.  The Group companies have implemented waste sorting and selection of materials according to their processing possibilities.  The Good Practices section describes several actions implemented in 2023 in the field of waste reduction and recycling.

  • Good practices

    In 2023, municipal waste sorting was continued at FFiL Śnieżka SA. As part of the „Don’t mix!” project, municipal waste sorting into five fractions was introduced: plastics and metals, paper, glass, biodegradable waste and mixed waste. Great involvement of employees in the „Don’t mix!” campaign allowed to reduce in 2023 the amount of municipal waste intended for landfills by 52%.

     

    The Company has also signed an agreement with a waste recovery organization that handles training in schools and nurseries and prepares information brochures – this allows to be a part of educational campaigns.

  • Good practices

    In 2023, FFiL Śnieżka SA joined the RafCycle program, which enables the production of new materials by recycling waste from self-adhesive labels. The service offered by the label paper manufacturer, UPM Raflatac, involves collecting waste from the Company and then – thanks to desiliconization – processing it into pulp and then back into paper. In Q4 of 2023, FFiL Śnieżka SA transferred over 3.5 tons (11 pallets) of self-adhesive label waste to RafCycle.

     

    Cardboard tube cores are collected by the Company and sent to recycling companies. In 2023, 12.5 tons of tubes were donated to a local company and used to re-wind products onto them.

     

    Śnieżka SA purchased a cardboard shredder. Properly cut cardboard boxes were used as filling for packaging products sent to retail customers. The implementation of this solution allowed for the reduction of paper consumption and waste paper generation.