Environmental Protection Costs
In 2012, WACKER invested €8.6 million in environmental protection (2011: €7.9 million). Environmental operating costs amounted to €79.3 million (2011: €73.3 million). An example of investment in environmental protection is Siltronic’s Freiberg site, which redesigned the cooling circuit of its silicon-ingot pulling facilities in 2012 to save energy.
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2012 |
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2010 |
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Operating costs |
79.3 |
73.3 |
65 |
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Investments |
8.6 |
7.9 |
12 |
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Investments in Environmental Protection |
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Water pollution control |
2.4 |
5.0 |
8.1 |
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Waste management |
0.6 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
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Air pollution control |
5.3 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
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Climate protection |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
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Soil remediation |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
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Nature conservation and landscape management |
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0.2 |
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