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WE TAKE GLOBAL GOALS SERIOUSLY
The sustainability areas also contribute to the Group working on parts of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDG), which is part of Agenda 2030.
Circular material flows
The idea of a circular material flow (or recycling of material) arose in connection with Skrotfrag AB being founded in 1972. The company started by collecting scrapped cars and pressing them to be able to send to a fragmentation plant where the iron in the cars became new raw material. 45 years later, the view in society has changed and Skrotfrag AB is at the forefront of recycling iron (ferrous) and other metals (non ferrous) into renewable raw materials that are sent to various recipients such as smelters in Europe and Asia.
The material (scrap and vehicles) that comes to one of Skrotfrag AB's 23 branches in southern and central Sweden is collected from municipalities, companies and private individuals. The material is sorted, possibly cut into smaller pieces and if it is a vehicle, they are decontaminated before everything is sent on to one of Skrotfrag's two production facilities.
Read more about the global goals in the following paragraphs about how Skrotfrag AB is a partner in various sub-goals:
Skrotfrag are part of the chain in the global goals no. 12:
12.2 – Achieve sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 2030.
12.5 – By 2030, the amount of waste will be significantly reduced through measures to prevent, reduce, reuse and recycle waste.
Environment
The Group strives to be an environmentally friendly company in the recycling industry. Skrotfrag has developed an environmental policy and drives the environmental improvement work forward in accordance with the overall goals. To further intensify the work, the six largest branches have been certified in accordance with ISO 14001. In order to achieve the goals, various trainings, requirements for engines for conveyors and inventories in the machinery have been made in recent years. Monitoring of our environmental impact takes place continuously and regular information is provided to employees. The following areas are environmentally affected by the circular material flow:
- Discharge to water
- Transporter
- Chemical handling
- Emissions to air
- Noise
- Energy
- Discharge to water
- Transporter
- Chemical handling
- Emissions to air
- Noise
- Energy
Discharge to water
When scrap is unloaded at the various branches, there is a risk that oil-contaminated material will enter. As there is a risk, all material is loosened on dense concrete slabs with stormwater wells that are connected to sludge traps and oil separators (class 1 according to standard SS-EN 858) before the water reaches the recipient or municipal stormwater network. Another risk is that when sorting scrap metal, metal dust arises that accompanies the stormwater during rain.
One of the Group's major challenges in the future is to minimize the leakage of zinc dust into stormwater, as a large part of the steel structures used in society are galvanized (thin layer of zinc). Zinc is also used in the automotive and electronics industries.
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