Environmental Protection Costs
In 2014, WACKER invested €5.1 million in environmental protection (2013: €5.4 million). Environmental operating costs amounted to €88.2 million (2013: €89.4 million). An example of investment in environmental protection is the Nünchritz site, where WACKER invested €2.2 million in a new cooling system for silicone production. This efficient new system consumes less energy and the ammonia content in the refrigerant circuit dropped from 13 metric tons to 360 kilograms.
Operations manager Dr. Uwe Strauch in front of the new cooling system at the Nünchritz site. The system pumps over 100 cubic meters of brine through pipelines across the site every hour in order to cool down various processes involved in the production of silicones.
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2012 |
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Operating costs |
88.2 |
89.4 |
79.3 |
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Investments |
5.1 |
5.4 |
8.6 |
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Water pollution control |
4.1 |
2.9 |
2.4 |
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Waste management |
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0.6 |
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Air pollution control |
0.8 |
2.4 |
5.3 |
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Climate protection |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
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Soil remediation |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
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Nature conservation and landscape management |
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