Circular economy as a priority

Covering the entire value chain, Secil Group views recycling, namely the use of demolition waste from buildings and infrastructures, as a way of reducing the use of new aggregates, decreasing the use of virgin materials and the environmental costs arising from the exploration and transportation of waste to landfill.

 

We have also developed a range of coating and thermal insulation products, which improve the energy efficiency of buildings, and we use by-products from other industries, such as the cork industry, to manufacture, for example, mortars and lightweight concrete with cork.

Recycled raw materials
  • 366 315 t
    2018
  • 319 070 t
    2019

The Secil Group and the circular economy

The exploitation of natural resources

Production of clinker and cement

Production, and use of concrete and cement-based products

End of life

The exploitation of natural resources

Production of clinker and cement

Production, and use of concrete and cement-based products

End of life

The exploitation of natural resources

Production of clinker and cement

Production, and use of concrete and cement-based products

End of life

The exploitation of natural resources

Production of clinker and cement

Production, and use of concrete and cement-based products

End of life

Cement factories with quarries and environmental plans for landscape recovery.

Optimisation of energy efficiency. Co-processing of waste, with secondary raw materials and innovative technologies; reduction of CO₂ emissions with the use of alternative fuels; valorisation of materials; control and monitoring of emissions; and distribution by sea and rail transport.

Construction and public works invest in materials that provide greater comfort and safety to populations. Betting on special concretes and mortars incorporating by-products such as cork. Reuse and recycling of water.

Demolition and selective collection of waste for reuse as secondary raw material in clinker and cement, avoiding landfills.

Cement factories with quarries and environmental plans for landscape recovery.

Optimisation of energy efficiency. Co-processing of waste, with secondary raw materials and innovative technologies; reduction of CO₂ emissions with the use of alternative fuels; valorisation of materials; control and monitoring of emissions; and distribution by sea and rail transport.

Construction and public works invest in materials that provide greater comfort and safety to populations. Betting on special concretes and mortars incorporating by-products such as cork. Reuse and recycling of water.

Demolition and selective collection of waste for reuse as secondary raw material in clinker and cement, avoiding landfills.

Cement factories with quarries and environmental plans for landscape recovery.

Optimisation of energy efficiency. Co-processing of waste, with secondary raw materials and innovative technologies; reduction of CO₂ emissions with the use of alternative fuels; valorisation of materials; control and monitoring of emissions; and distribution by sea and rail transport.

Construction and public works invest in materials that provide greater comfort and safety to populations. Betting on special concretes and mortars incorporating by-products such as cork. Reuse and recycling of water.

Demolition and selective collection of waste for reuse as secondary raw material in clinker and cement, avoiding landfills.

Cement factories with quarries and environmental plans for landscape recovery.

Optimisation of energy efficiency. Co-processing of waste, with secondary raw materials and innovative technologies; reduction of CO₂ emissions with the use of alternative fuels; valorisation of materials; control and monitoring of emissions; and distribution by sea and rail transport.

Construction and public works invest in materials that provide greater comfort and safety to populations. Betting on special concretes and mortars incorporating by-products such as cork. Reuse and recycling of water.

Demolition and selective collection of waste for reuse as secondary raw material in clinker and cement, avoiding landfills.

PARTNERSHIP CIRCULARITY

Secil Agregados and The Navigator Company synergy

 

In Portugal, Secil Agregados, in partnership with The Navigator Company and Arfil, has started to receive the sands resulting from the process of thermal energy production in the biomass boilers of the pulp and paper industry.

 

This partnership has made it possible to reduce the quantity of raw material extracted to enter the production process, in addition to extending the useful life of these sands, which were previously considered waste.

Circular economy producing low carbon solutions

We are responding to the challenges of decarbonisation and the circular economy by finding innovative solutions in clinker production with lower carbon em