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CAPITOLO 4 | L’impegno ambientale di Ratti
81
OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
IS DESTINED FOR RECYCLING
76%
OFNON-HAZARDOUSWASTE IS DESTINED FOR RECYCLING
4.3 Objective: the reduction, reuse and recycling of waste
The management of waste
Ratti considers the production of waste to be one of the main indicators of corporate sustainability. It has set itself the goal of reducing the quantity of this, includingthroughcirculareconomyprojectsinvolving the reuse and recycling of discarded material from the production process.
As in previous years, Ratti is continuing to monitor waste production according to KPIs on a quarterly basis, starting with the Guanzate plant. Ratti has achieved a
more advanced level of detail, monitoring discarded textile fibre by department.
This action has facilitated the development of an initial sample analysis on a range of textile scraps, identifying any action that could be taken with regard to the excess quantity of fabric used. On the basis of these results Ratti intends to widen this analysis in order to include further efficiency enhancement actions.
During2019theGroupfocusedonthepossibilityof initiating the reuse and recycling of a part of textile scraps. This activity is currently in an experimental phase, with attention on prevailing regulations and how these are evolving with the implementation of the European Package for the Circular Economy.
In 2019 Ratti launched the “Second Life Fibers” initiative, for the reuse and recycling of silk in new products (the lining of finished garments), for proposal to the market, and carried out a study aimed at reconditioning finished garments (the sustainable restoration of their water-oil repellence function).
Most of the Group’s waste products are recorded at
the Guanzate plant, where action to reduce these
is concentrated. With regard to its subsidiaries, and including the Tunisian sites, Ratti monitored the quantity and type of waste products, making a commitment to weigh, trace and account for waste of the main types - paper, plastic, textiles and unsorted waste.
As there is no production plant in Creomoda, the discards produced by subsidiaries are, in any case, minimal and are disposed of using specialised companies, in accordance with local applicable regulations. Both the Tunisian sites have started separate waste collection for certain types of scraps from manufacturing, ahead of future projects for fabric recycling from a circular economy perspective.
At the Textrom site in Romania, finally, waste disposal takes place in accordance with local regulations, reporting the principal categories of waste and their destinations and having launched a study of projects aimed at improving performance.
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From discards to inspiration
Over the last two years Ratti has been in partnership with Kapdaa – The Offcut Company, with a view to recovering fabric scraps and developing new creative projects.
The venture is devoted to sustainability, and partners with designers and manufacturers to minimise waste in the fabrics field, using scraps to create new design products.
The project made it possible to recover fabric scraps from the production phases and transform these into elegant and coloured notebooks, which are on sale in the company Outlet.
Ratti is also a partner of Carmina Campus, whose mission “save waste
from waste” focuses squarely on the use of industrial materials commonly considered to be scraps as a source of inspiration and as a secondary raw material, and which, in the hands of expert Italian craftsmen, takes on new life as part of a design object.
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