For Oniverse, production also means water management: for years, we have assured the rational use of water within our production processes and everywhere we operate with stores.

In most of our plants, where there is not huge water consumption for production and where local water systems are available, water is taken from the aqueducts, mainly used for hygienic-sanitary purposes, and disposed of in the drains. In plants where instead water is a necessary part of industrial processes, such as in the dye factories, for example, the water is obtained from aquifers and purified in treatment plants (if necessary). After use, the water is treated and subsequently drained in compliance with the chemical and physical parameters envisaged by local laws. More specifically, in plants where water treatment systems are present, every day our specialised employees analyse the main chemical and physical parameters of the waste water using specific tools. 

Aware that the dye factories are those with the highest impact on water resources, in order to guarantee a responsible use, the Group promotes recycling practices and new water recovery plant systems at the largest sites, so as to reuse a larger quantity for production processes, wherever possible. Indeed, a study is in progress aimed at identifying possible systems for the reuse of process water after purification that could enable the reuse of up to 90% of incoming water volumes.

In the Brentino Belluno (VR) dye factory, we have gone from consumption of 210 litres of water per kg dyed to today’s 50 l/kg. In the Croatia plants, we have more than halved consumption of exhaustion dyes, modifying the work cycle and products used to significantly reduce the quantity of water to be treated in the purifier.