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The waste management process in our companies is carried out in full compliance with both EU and national legal requirements. Prevention of waste generation is fundamental for the waste management hierarchy we have adopted. If that is not possible, efforts should be made to re-use the gener- ated waste. The next steps are recycling, energy recovery, and finally the least preferred form - waste disposal. Our waste comes mainly from the production processes. We are fully aware of the need for its contin- uous reduction at source, which is why we undertake various investment projects and measures, e.g. to improve material efficiency or reduce packaging materials. We have discussed many of them in this section. 100% of 6.8 Waste management waste that we cannot otherwise reroute to production or manage in another way is handed over to appropri- ately licensed businesses professionally dealing in waste disposal – which usually means recycling. We use wood waste from the wood processed at the Wood Processing Plant as fuel in the plant’s boiler room to generate heat necessary for technological processes and to heat buildings. Click and see table GRI 306-3 – Waste generated GRI 306-4 – Waste recovered GRI 306-5 – Waste for disposal When designing our products, we attach great importance to extending their life cycle. We use materials from recycled or renewable sources. In addition, we offer our clients additional services, such as repairing or repurposing products and processing furniture that is no longer suitable for use. Our actions are in line with the principles of the circu-lar economy. The Xilium chair line is an example of maximizing product life and recycling the product after its life comes to an end. More than half of the components can be replaced independently by the user. Many of our products hold the socalled Type II environmental declarations - Green Product Passport or Material & Recycling Product Passport, where we declare the product’s material composition and recyclability. Detailed information on how to handle a product at the end of its useful life is provided in disassembly instructions, which we consider to be one of the main pillars of design for recycling. GRI 306-3 GRI 306-4 GRI 306-5 150 Table of contents