Waste utilisation

The amount of waste in proportion to production has increased slightly despite the various waste reduction projects. A total of 9,003 tonnes of waste were generated at the plant in 2007. The amount of non-sorted landfill waste has declined year by year.

Waste delivered for further utilisation

Waste utilisation in the form of material and energy has increased. For example, a new co-operation partner has been found for the utilisation of non-vulcanised scrap rubber.

As the graph shows, quite various waste is delivered for further utilisation. The existing (or developed) national collection and utilisation channels for different kinds of waste make the utilisation proce easier. In most cases, waste is utilised as material; apart from energy waste, only some scrap wood is utilised as energy. Nokian Tyres handles packaging utilisation jointly with the Environmental Register of Packaging PYR Ltd, a community of packaging-industry producers.

Division of problem waste

The total amount of hazardous waste in 2007 was 297 tonnes. The amount of hazardous waste has increased particularly due to oily waste and chemical waste. All problem waste is taken to authorised problem waste processing plants