Our second major challenge is emissions from landfills, which account for 50% of Ragn-Sells’ operational emissions. Since 2005 it is not allowed to deposit organic waste at landfills, and we therefor anticipate that these levels will naturally decrease in the future.
However, landfills can also be an energy carrier and a resource. Ragn-Sells collect and incinerate the landfill gas, and through these efforts effectively collect the gas, which is then used for heating, cooling, and to generate electricity that our recycling processes can be run on.
In addition to our goal of reducing the CO₂e emissions from our own operation with 50% by 2030, we have during 2024 started the process of developing a scienced based target using the Exponential Roadmap Initiative (ERI) framework