technology allows us to extract water from the waste, which is sent to a treatment plant and released back into the local water body. We now send significantly less material to the external waste treatment plant, allowing us to reduce our hazardous waste in Visp by 13,900 t and reduce water consumption. Looking forward to 2023 To continue driving sustainable waste reduction in 2023 and beyond, all our sites will work to develop waste reduction plans following our guidelines on waste minimization. Where further prevention and reduction of waste is not possible, we will continue our path towards circularity, as we look to explore alternatives for the by-products created in our processes. This includes reusing them in our own operations or selling them to other companies who use these materials in their processes. Equally, we will continue to reuse and recycle materials where possible, minimizing resource consumption and working towards a more circular way of operating. HIGHLIGHT Implementing safe working conditions in new sites As part of our merger with Troy Corporation in 2021, we added a manufacturing facility in Newark (NJ, USA) to our site porolio. Following an evaluation of the site, we established that almost 2,000 containers of material were congesting the operational flow and impacting its safe operation. In 2022, we extracted approximately 2,500 pallets of material from the site. This has allowed us to create more onsite storage space and safer working conditions for our employees. They can now pass through the facilities without obstruction, allowing the safe passage of forklis and individuals through the facilities. This is particularly important as there is a potential for flooding, which could cause additional health and safety concerns in the event of improperly stored and secured material. For 2023, we plan to remove the remaining 500 pallets of material from the site.