5.1.2012
Property investment company Sponda Plc has signed an agreement with Lassila & Tikanoja to develop waste management procedures and to increase the rate of waste recycling at its properties. Following this agreement the CO2 emissions of Sponda’s properties will be reduced by approximately 300 tonnes per month, bringing the recycling rate up to around 90 per cent. At the same time the volume of waste requiring disposal will decrease significantly to some 10 per cent of the current level.
Waste sorting at Sponda’s properties will be simplified in the beginning of the year 2012. This notably improves the utilisation of waste and facilitates waste sorting for customers operating in premises owned by Sponda. The greater part of the waste which previously ended up in landfills can be now processed for utilisation at L&T’s modern waste processing plant in Kerava. According to L&T’s analysis, the majority of the waste stemming from Sponda’s properties consists of packaging material, which can be processed for reutilisation.
Sponda simplifies waste management for customers Following this agreement, the mixed waste containers will disappear from the most of Sponda’s properties. In those properties the mixed waste and energy fraction will be sorted as II-quality energy fraction and bio waste will be sorted separately. The change will decrease the amount of waste sorting and thus also the rate of sorting faults at the properties. II-quality energy fraction will be processed at L&T’s new production line mainly into industrial dual fuel and recycling material.
- We wish to make waste processing easy for our customers. Assigning waste sorting to the L&T recycling facility saves time for our customers and maximises the recycling rate of waste stemming from our properties. This sits well with Spondability i.e. our sustainability mindset and complements our energy efficiency programme, which seeks to achieve energy savings in collaboration with customers, says Ossi Hynynen, Senior Vice President.
- With this cooperation agreement, we can benefit from modern technology by sorting a portion of customers’ waste mechanically at the plant. This measure will maximise the waste utilisation rate. Our goal is to be able to offer progressive solutions for companies just like Sponda, whose central values include developing environmental friendliness as a part of their business operations, says Petri Salermo, Business Director at L&T.