ITC’s businesses continued to witness significant growth this year. The Paperboards & Specialty Papers business which generates the largest amount of wastes in ITC, grew by nearly 15% and implemented a large number of major projects, where commissioning and initial trials resulted in generation of substantial quantity of wastes. Despite an increase of 38.8% in waste generation, we were able to recycle 99% of all solid wastes generated.

The entire fly ash generated by our units was used for brick making, road/embankment construction and as raw material in cement factories.

Cigarette factories at Bengaluru, Saharanpur, Munger and Kolkata, Leaf Threshing units at Chirala and Anaparti, Specialty Paper unit at Tribeni, the Green Centre at Gurgaon, Surya Nepal Cigarette factory at Simra and ITC Hotels Maurya, Maratha, Grand Central, Sonar, Windsor, Mughal, Kakatiya, Sheraton Chola and Rajputana recycled nearly 100% of all solid wastes generated in these units this year.