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Effective recycling of these used solvents, waste paint thinners and solvent-based paint, will create new products as an alternative to virgin solvents so that they can be used again in industries including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, paint, agrochemicals, and cement manufacture.
As part of Veolia’s new strategic plan GreenUP, this solvent recovery process will also save an estimated 172,000 tonnes CO2e in greenhouse gas emissions each year, compared to virgin resources, equivalent to taking 78,000 diesel cars off the road annually.
Waste materials are processed at the site to regenerate them into high quality recycled products that can be reused, displacing virgin materials in the supply chain.
The increased processing capacity has been achieved by installing new distillation columns to separate liquids, and 17 tanks to store or transfer the solvents.
