Editor’s Note
This article highlights a significant step in corporate sustainability, detailing the implementation of a comprehensive waste management system at a production plant in Tocancipá, Colombia. The initiative marks progress toward key environmental goals.
The company has implemented a comprehensive waste management system that minimizes the environmental impact at its production plant in Tocancipá, Cundinamarca.
In line with this, Kimberly-Clark announced the achievement of one of its most important goals towards its 2030 Sustainability Strategy: ‘Zero Waste to Landfills’, which it is developing at its production plant located in Tocancipá, Cundinamarca.
Since November 2020, the company has been sending its industrial and ordinary waste to Grupo Ática, so that it can be valorized and used in energy generation processes and the manufacturing of new products.
In 2019, only 2% of the total waste generated by the company was sent to landfills in the country. Although this percentage may seem low, it accounted for approximately 96 tons of annual ordinary waste, meaning non-recoverable material such as waste from plant restrooms and other items from the ecological points where employees separate their waste.
At its Tocancipá plant, Kimberly-Clark manufactures diapers for its baby care brand, Huggies, and sanitary pads for its feminine care brand, Kotex. From these two processes, industrial waste is derived, which undergoes energy recovery processes or is reused for the manufacturing of the company’s new products.