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In a series of articles, we explore waste management in China. In this second article, we look at how the Chinese cement industry can help solve a serious societal challenge.

Is waste incineration slowing China’s rapid growth of waste? In a new series of articles, we explore waste management in China. This is the first article in the series.

Pump manufacturer DESMI’s Steve Godwin is looking very pleased. He’s standing on the deck of a naval ship, monitoring events closely as a helicopter hangs in the air just metres off the vessel’s port side, swaying gently in the relatively light easterly wind. As we watch, a line is winched down from the chopper to several crew members crouched on deck.

It’s hardly news that the shipping industry is mobilising to meet the demands of wave after wave of new environmental regulations. From the IMO’s ballast water management legislation to EEDI (the Energy Efficiency Design Index for new ships) and SEEMP (Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan), shipowners need to be ready to drastically cut energy consumption and emissions.

The 2015 Sustainability Report describes the FLSmidth Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts and is also FLSmidth’s Communication on Progress to the United Nations Global Compact. The case stories included have been selected because they represent the areas in which we have made significant progress during 2015. cylindr was responsible for interviewing subject matter experts and writing the content.

The list of potentially dangerous or simply-too-expensive-to-lose substances being pumped from one part of an industrial process to another somewhere in the world is long. Take isocyanates, for example. They’re the raw materials that make up all polyurethane products.

Editing of sustainability report

Editing of sustainability report