Environmental responsibility
For many years Elis has been careful to preserve resources and limit effects on the environment.
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Concern for water resources: consumption and disposal
- Water consumption: Elis has reduced its water consumption by 30% over the past ten years through the improvement of washing machines, processes and products.
- Disposal of waste water: all Elis factories are connected to independent or shared waste water treatment installations
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Air preservation
- No more heavy fuel: all steam production is now carried out with natural gas, thus eliminating sulphur oxide emissions and reducing greenhouse effect gases.
- Innovations: to reduce greenhouse effect gas emissions, Elis has set up specific installations (reactor for neutralisation of aqueous effluents based on CO2 recovery, cascading heat recovery systems and heat exchangers)
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Valorisation of waste
The waste generated by Elis’s industrial activity is sorted for valorisation
- Recycling of paper and cardboard
- Re-use of plastic in fibre form
- Re-use of linen taken out of circulation for weaving of less noble textiles
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“Re-usable” products
The products used by Elis to support the services provided are re-used between 20 and 100 times.
- Textile reels for wiping hands
- Sterile linen for operating blocks in place of disposable operating areas
- Water cylinders for supplying the fountains.
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