Perstorp Announces Project to Reduce Fresh Water Usage at Stenungsund Plant
Perstorp is investing in a project that will allow it to use wastewater from a nearby municipal treatment plant for production operations in Stenungsund, Sweden. This will save 1.1 billion liters of fresh water per year. The project will enable Perstorp to secure the future supply of water for the Stenungsund plant. The company says this aids its long-term sustainability ambition to become finite material neutral.
“This is an important development of core technology for Perstorp,” said Anna Berggren, vice president Sustainability. “We plan to implement it at more sites around the world in the future in our drive to reduce fresh water consumption. Fresh water scarcity is already a fact around the world. The chemical industry has a responsibility to reduce its use, and find new solutions that can also support society as a whole.”