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34 DISPOSAL, REUSE, AND RECYCLING

It therefore requires special disposal procedures to 4.1.2 Handling chemicals and critical substances
ensure safe and environmentally sound disposal of [SDG 3, GRI 416 ] Due to RAFI’s high degree of in-
the pollutants contained in it. When carrying out house production, hazardous substances are primari-
such procedures, our company strictly follows the re- ly used in our production areas. However, we strive
quirements of the EU Directive on the Restriction of to reduce the use of hazardous substances as far as
Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electrical and elec- possible in order to lessen the harm to both people
tronic equipment and the EU regulation on the Regis- and the environment. Starting in the product devel-
tration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of opment stage, we do everything possible to avoid
Chemicals (REACH). To verify RoHS and REACH critical substances. Here, we take into account the
compliance, we have set up a component database criteria set out in the EU regulation on the Registra-
that enables corresponding status queries for each tion, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of
individual component. Chemicals (REACH) and the EU Directive on the Re-
striction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electri-
cal and electronic equipment. We have also estab-
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
lished our own guidelines that go beyond the REACH
Separation rate 81.8% 81.54% 81.15% 92.88% 91.38% 92.11% and RoHS requirements. These guidelines prevent
the use of critical substances as far as possible, both
in manufacturing and in the products themselves. In
consultation with the responsible specialist areas,
our Hazardous Substance Management monitors all
substances used and regularly checks whether alter-
natives are available. As a result, we have been able
to reduce the number of hazardous substances by
some 12% over the past three years. This is despite
an increase in the number of substances previously
considered harmless which are now classed as haz-
ardous. Before introducing new hazardous substanc-
es, we carry out substitution tests to develop alter-
native solutions at an early stage.

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Total waste 1,326.88 1,291.95 1,144.41 1,138.91 1,108.62 1,157.38
· Dangerous 69.27 75.20 72.26 73.99 74.99 73.66
· Not dangerous 1,257.60 1,221.94 1,072.17 1,064.91 1,033.87 1,083.93
· Dangerous proportion 5.5% 6.2% 6.7% 6.9% 7.2% 6.8%
Waste for recycling 1,021.40 968.50 850.82 785.14 724.39 785.35
· Dangerous 8.50 13.02 14.19 13.55 19.86 13.59
· Not dangerous 1,021.91 948.65 836.49 771.56 704.52 779.47
Waste for recovery 212.64 247.07 218.64 276.52 290.24 258.23
· Dangerous 43.09 41.41 37.71 37.49 35.86 37.92
· Not dangerous 173.64 205.65 180.92 239.02 254.38 220.51
Waste for disposal 88.73 88.40 75.12 77.24 93.69 106.09
· Dangerous 17.68 20.77 20.36 22.95 18.72 22.15
· Not dangerous 71.05 67.64 54.76 54.30 74.97 83.94
Shares of hazardous waste broken down by recovery method in tons