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36 DISPOSAL, REUSE, AND RECYCLING

4.2.1 Packaging generation and recycling [GRI 301-2 ] As separate processes, unpacking in-
The packaging generation at RAFI can be broken coming goods and packing outgoing goods gener-
down into the following three commodity flows: ate a large volume of material. In addition to the
outer packaging, this also includes the filling and
padding material to protect sensitive parts. By
• Material deliveries to RAFI dovetailing these material flows, we have been
able to significantly improve the sustainability of
• Material deliveries within the company and its loca- our packaging. To do this, we implemented a new
tions recycling model in the second quarter of 2020. We
now make the disposable pallets used for goods
• Material and product deliveries from RAFI to its delivery and the filling and padding material pro-
customers duced during unpacking available for reuse in
goods dispatch.

Number of rolls
Sales
Costs
Consumption as a
Year of filling material paper in in th. € in th. € percentage of sales Filling material
reduction
ST
2019 996 40.28 264,259 0.015% 100%
2020 958 38.75 253,799 0.015% 4%
2021 780 31.55 285,826 0.011% 22%
2022 768 31.55 316,400 0.010% 20%