VENTISQUEROS RECOVERED 99% OF ITS WASTE IN 2025

Ventisqueros recovered 99% of its waste in 2025, moving closer to its “Zero Waste to Landfill” goal.

• Over the past six years, the company reduced the proportion of waste sent to landfills from 26% to just 0.6%, marking one of the most significant achievements of its circular economy strategy.

In 2025, Ventisqueros recovered 99.4% of the waste generated by its operations. This result reflects the company’s steady progress towards its goal of eliminating waste sent to landfills by 2026 as part of its “Zero Waste to Landfill” programme.

During the year, the company generated 30,592 metric tons of waste, of which 30,396 metric tons were recovered, reused, or otherwise diverted from disposal. As a result, only 0.6% was sent to an authorised landfill.

The evolution of this indicator demonstrates the scale of the progress achieved. In 2019, 26% of Ventisqueros’ waste ended up in landfills. Six years later, that figure had fallen to just 0.6%, thanks to systematic efforts to strengthen circular economy practices across all its operations.

“Reducing the proportion of waste sent to landfills from 26% in 2019 to just 0.6% in 2025 reflects a profound transformation in our management practices and tangible progress toward more circular operations”, said Igor Stack, Technical Manager at Ventisqueros.

The main materials recovered in 2025 were organic salmon by-products, totalling 23,376 metric tons, followed by 5,672 metric tons of organic sludge. The company also recovered plastics, wood, cardboard, paper, household-like waste, metal and electronic scrap, and other industrial waste.

Since 2022, the company has maintained a 100% recovery rate for dewatered sludge and, since 2025, has also achieved full recovery of liquid sludge. Ventisqueros continues to work with specialised waste management partners to expand recovery alternatives and strengthen its circular economy model.

“The challenge now lies in the remaining 0.6%. We want to continue identifying solutions that will enable us to meet our goal of sending zero waste to landfills in 2026”, Stack added.

These results are included in Ventisqueros’ 2025 ESG Report and reflect the company’s progress in circular economy practices, resource optimisation, and sustainable waste management.

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