Venator, a UK-based speciality chemical company and a main supplier of titanium dioxide, has controlled to decrease its generation of non-dangerous waste by nearly a 100-kt – nearly 6 years ahead of its devoted goal of 2030.
The success was declared in Venator’s 2024 Sustainability Report, which was posted on World Environment Day.
Operational modifications and co-product utilization were crucial to Vena tor hitting its non-dangerous waste target early, with efforts made across the commercial enterprise to get recover, reuse, and recycle by-products wherever possible. For instance, the business accomplished 100% beneficial use of non-dangerous waste and co-products at its Huelva, Spain and Uerdingen, Germany sites. In 2024, the business also bought or reused 98% of copperas by product manufactured by its PIP plant at Teluk Kalong, Malaysia.
Other achievements, allowed by operational efficiencies and site transition activities, included:
- A lower overall waste intensity metric from 0.54 to 0.47 tons of waste per ton of product;
- A 12.1% reduction in scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions;
- A continued reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx) and Sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions;
- A 21% reduction in total absolute water intake; and
- A 23.5% reduction in water with drawal.
In 2024, Venator also set out a staged approach to decarbonizing its sites, starting with its Greatham, UK facility. The business has lately completed a observe on the infrastructure need to utilize hydrogen as a substitute for natural gas on-site. If implemented, this investment could make Greatham one of, if not the, lowest carbon footprint production plants in the titanium dioxide industry.
