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WASTE GENERATED INTERNALLY
The main waste types generated by Telefónica are waste electrical and electronic equipment (2,500 tonnes in 2008), infrastructure-related waste (37,200 tonnes), and waste batteries, also from the network (1,500 tonnes).
In 2008, Telefónica’s network and office operations produced about 2,500 tonnes of electric and electronic equipment waste.
The chart shows a decline from the quantity of waste electrical and electronic equipment produced by the company in 2007, reflecting less waste in each of Telefónica's three regions. The overall decrease since the previous year in the quantity of waste electrical and electronic equipment was about 22%.
A highlight here is the company's long-established practice of re-using telecommunications equipment. Telecoms devices are sent to workshops for repair and then re-used. This garners environmental benefits in two ways - a considerable saving in the volume of generated waste, and the recycling and use of the equipment and materials themselves. In 2008 this practice led to the re-use of close to one and a half million equipment units.
While waste electrical and electronic equipment is our main waste type, we also produce waste cabling and other infrastructure-related materials, and waste batteries, which qualify as hazardous waste.
Both waste types are shown in the following charts.
In 2008 the Group generated 37,200 tonnes of infrastructure-related waste (including cabling and other waste produced in the construction and dismantling of telecommunications facilities and other inert waste).
In the same year, Telefónica generated close to 1,500 tonnes of waste batteries. We cut down our waste battery output by almost half with respect to 2007, largely because the previous year had seen several campaigns to remove batteries from the network.
A highlight are the employee awareness campaigns undertaken across the Telefónica Group, many of which focus on waste generation to stress the importance both of suitable waste sorting for treatment and of making the best possible use of resources and input materials.
In 2008, Telefónica’s network and office operations produced about 2,500 tonnes of electric and electronic equipment waste.
The chart shows a decline from the quantity of waste electrical and electronic equipment produced by the company in 2007, reflecting less waste in each of Telefónica's three regions. The overall decrease since the previous year in the quantity of waste electrical and electronic equipment was about 22%.
A highlight here is the company's long-established practice of re-using telecommunications equipment. Telecoms devices are sent to workshops for repair and then re-used. This garners environmental benefits in two ways - a considerable saving in the volume of generated waste, and the recycling and use of the equipment and materials themselves. In 2008 this practice led to the re-use of close to one and a half million equipment units.
While waste electrical and electronic equipment is our main waste type, we also produce waste cabling and other infrastructure-related materials, and waste batteries, which qualify as hazardous waste.
Both waste types are shown in the following charts.
In the same year, Telefónica generated close to 1,500 tonnes of waste batteries. We cut down our waste battery output by almost half with respect to 2007, largely because the previous year had seen several campaigns to remove batteries from the network.
A highlight are the employee awareness campaigns undertaken across the Telefónica Group, many of which focus on waste generation to stress the importance both of suitable waste sorting for treatment and of making the best possible use of resources and input materials.