2010 was the final year of SCA’s target for improved water usage: to reduce usage by 15% and reduce organic content in wastewater by 30%. In 2011 new targets were developed: to reduce consumtion in water stress regions with 10% by 2015, with 2010 as a reference year, and provide all pulp and paper plants with mechanical and biological water treatment plants.
Target achievement 2010
By year-end 2010, specific water usage had decreased by 12.0% and organic content of wastewater (BOD) by 35.4% compared with the reference year 2005.
Consequently, SCA was close to achieving its commitment to reduce water usage by 15% and exceeded its target of reducing organic content in wastewater by 30%.
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Activities 2005-2010
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New, conventional biological treatment plants were installed at the liner mill in Munksund, Sweden, the tissue mills in Drammen (Norway) and Stembert (Belgium), and at the newly constructed mill in Sovetsk, Russia, among others.
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The ten SCA plants that achieved the greatest reduction in water usage during the period are Munksund, Kawerau, Pisa, Svetogorsk, Östrand, Box Hill, Stembert, Mannheim, Kostheim and Prudhoe.
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