Circular economy

Responsibility is a top priority for us. This includes longevity, recyclability and utilisation concepts for our products. We actively help to avoid and separate waste and promote the switch to recyclable goods. We organise the return of our sales and transport packaging and its proper recycling in accordance with legal requirements.

As a company that assumes product responsibility and engages in recycling, we act proactively and promote dialogue with all stakeholders in politics and society. We contribute all our expertise and experience to this dialogue. This enables us to bring about a change in thinking towards greater product responsibility.

One of our highest standards is to treat existing buildings and resources responsibly. Our products help to preserve and renovate building structures. In this way, demolition and new construction with a significantly higher use of resources can be prevented and the face of the building can be preserved. In this way, we make an important contribution to building culture and energy-efficient modernisation and preservation.

Thinking about the end of the product right from the start

At Sto, we define the circular economy in such a way that our products can be separated - and therefore recycled. Our recycling concept aims to improve the separability of ETIC system components and to recycle packaging waste, material residues, construction site waste and demolition material. We pay particular attention to the development of.

We ensure that our products are given a ‘second life’ at the end of their life cycle, for example in the form of:

• used glass as expanded glass granulate in carrier and acoustic panels, PET in acoustic products
  recycled aluminium.
• steel in façade substructures.

Waste avoidance & recycling at Sto locationsWe also take care to avoid waste and use recycled materials at our production locations. We achieve this by constantly optimising our production and logistics processes and consistently separating waste collections.