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Focusing on recycling, reducing waste and

renewable energy

Opal Paper & Recycling Botany Mill Opal Australian Paper Maryvale Mill
The Opal Group RECEIVED PRODUCED RECEIVED PRODUCED
is focused on the Brown recycled Recycled paper Brown recycled brown pulp
Recycled
fibre
at B9
fibre
principles of the Recycling 481,628 421,941 Recycling 20,205 17,004
Paper
Paper
Tonnes
Tonnes
circular economy. Tonnes Tonnes White recycled deinked pulp (DIP)
Recycled white
fibre
37,456 18,571
Tonnes Tonnes
We are committed to Compost Recycled Landfill
continuing to reduce 44 %* 34 %* 22 %*
waste through reuse Waste Total tonnes

122,053
93,266
61,264
and recycling. We *Percentage of combined total for both Botany and Maryvale sites
will also continue to Opal’s Renewable Energy Consumption
transition our energy Electricity Thermal Energy

usage to renewable From the total Opal Group electricity usage of From the total Opal Group thermal energy usage of
~15.4 PJ
~900,000 MWh
sources. % was generated from % was produced at the
52 renewable sources 46 Maryvale Mill from

generated from sourced (or 7 PJ) renewable biomass fuel
26 renewable + 26 from
%
%
biomass
wind farms*
fuels onsite With the remaining 54% coming primarily from natural gas.
*LGCs in relation to these wind farms are not received by, or surrendered by, Opal.
Note: the statistics on this page relate to calendar year 2021.
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