 Effluent Discharge
We are committed to achieving zero effluent discharge through treating & recycling all the wastewater and harvesting all rainwater incident on our properties, which not only reduces fresh water intake but also maximises ground water recharge, reduces run off, etc.
| Many ITC Units have already
achieved the goal of zero
effluent discharge |
Many ITC Units have already achieved the goal of zero effluent discharge. For example this year, Cigarette factories at Bengaluru, Saharanpur & Pune, Leaf Processing Plants at Anaparti & Chirala, Packaging & Printing Unit at Tiruvottiyur, Research Centres at Bengaluru & Rajahmundry, Paperboards Unit at Kovai and Bollaram and ITC Green Centre at Gurgaon recycled all their treated effluents within the Units and achieved zero effluent discharge status.
All our Units, apart from meeting the effluent norms set by the Regulatory Bodies, have defined internal norms, more stringent than statutory limits to maximise reuse and recycling.
 In addition, we have started using more environment friendly DEWATS wastewater techniques that are chemical free and require negligible energy inputs, through the Centre for Science & Environment, Auroville. These have been presently installed at our SNPL Simra factory & housing colony at Nepal and in the new Cigarette factory at Pune.
Among the ITC businesses, the Paperboards and Specialty Papers business faces the most serious challenges in effluent quality and quantity.
In 2010-11, 97.7% of total wastewater discharged outside the Unit premises in ITC, was accounted for by the two Paper & Paperboard mills, Bhadrachalam and Tribeni. The Kovai wastepaper based Paperboards Unit recycled/reused the entire treated effluents within the Unit premises for irrigation purposes. The treated effluent quality is far better than the stipulated standards, as depicted in the graph
These three Units are already well within norms (100 KL/tonne) of specific treated effluent discharge, as defined by Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection (CREP), a voluntary charter by the Ministry of Environment & Forests and Central Pollution Control Board.
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