Knauf Insulation presents its sustainability report
on January 28, 2011
knauf insulation has published its first sustainability report. The document shows the effort of the company to reduce environmental impacts through actions such as increasing the content recycled in the manufacture of its products, the reduction of carbon footprint or the reduction of the energy used in the development.
Thus for example, Knauf Insulation glass mineral wool is made with a minimum of 50% recycled glass content, and this percentage continues to increase, reaching up to 85% in some products. In addition, according to the report, in the past two years, improvements in packaging has led to a decrease of 20% in the footprint of coal of the transport of the firm.
"The energy that we use to manufacture glass Mineral Wool has been in our plants in up to 50% in the past 10 years, thanks to the continuous improvement and a better control of the process", say from the companyAdds also a 15% reduction in the amount of waste resulting from the manufacture of this material.