Biomass: nothing is lost, everything is transformed

Today, October 16th, on World Food Day, we celebrate sustainability and show that nothing is lost, everything is transformed. 

Wheat is part of our life. Its grain is used to make flour, an ingredient widely used in human food. It’s in our morning bread, our bowls of pasta and the pizza we share with friends. What few people know is that only part of the wheat that is harvested reaches our table as food. Just like other crops such as rice and corn, there are also leftovers in the processing of wheat. For these agricultural production residues – wheat straw, corn cobs, and rice husks – we have a sustainable disposal solution. Verdera, our waste management business unit, is a partner in the proper disposal of biomass. 

Through co-processing, we dispose of agricultural production waste in an environmentally correct manner, utilizing its energy content as alternative fuels to power the cement kilns in our factories. This way, we reduce greenhouse gas emissions both in cement production and in the decomposition process of these wastes, which are no longer discarded in landfills and dumps. 

Click here to check out the infographic that details this transformation and discover how we continue Evolving towards a sustainable world.