Waste management
GRI Indexes
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ENV-7/C3
Extraction and processing of crude oil and natural gas inherently involves production of hazardous and non-hazardous waste as well as drilling waste. In 2021, all PGNiG Group companies worked to optimise the volumes of generated waste, mainly by implementing new technology and using eco-friendly materials and products. Programmes were implemented to raise awareness of selective waste collection and, where possible, waste was transferred for recycling to specialised external companies.
Waste management methods used at the PGNiG Group in 2020−2021
| Other waste excluding municipal waste | Recovered | Disposed [Mg] | Landfilled [Mg] | ||
| Recycled [Mg] | Other recovery processes [Mg] | ||||
| 2021 | |||||
| hazardous waste | PGNiG Group | 592.5 | 204.1 | 1,139.6 | – |
| PGNiG | 448.0 | 20.1 | 56.8 | – | |
| non-hazardous waste | PGNiG Group | 2,992.5 | 563,217.3 | 1,339.4 | 185.0 |
| PGNiG | 122.3 | 431.7 | 1,141.2 | 50.0 | |
| 2020 | |||||
| hazardous waste | PGNiG Group | 157.7 | 230.3 | 1,134.8 | – |
| PGNiG | 35.3 | 85.4 | 318.1 | – | |
| non-hazardous waaste | PGNiG Group | 1,986.6 | 548,399.7 | 1,722.5 | 1,279.7 |
| PGNiG | 99.7 | 961.0 | 1,463.5 | 179.7 | |
Method of drilling waste management in 2020–2021
| Drilling waste | Stored in waste disposal facilities [Mg] | Recovered [Mg] | Disposed of [Mg] | Reused [Mg] | Stored [Mg] | Stored in rock mass [Mg] | |
| 2021 | |||||||
| hazardous waste | PGNiG Group | – | 138.9 | 1183.6 | – | – | – |
| PGNiG | – | 138.9 | 413.6 | – | – | – | |
| Non-hazardous waste | PGNiG Group | – | 47,440.7 | 11,237.2 | – | 222.5 | 5,407.8 |
| PGNiG | – | 32,107.4 | 11,199.2 | – | 222.5 | 5,407.8 | |
| 2020 | |||||||
| Hazardous waste | PGNiG Group | – | 828.5 | 931.3 | – | – | – |
| PGNiG | – | 828.5 | 931.3 | – | – | – | |
| Non-hazardous waste | PGNiG Group | 58,334.8 | 18,696.2 | – | 80.3 | 3,202.9 | |
| PGNiG | – | 55,325.7 | 18,696.2 | – | 80.3 | 3,202.9 | |
