ENVIROMENTAL PERFORMANCE
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Hazardous Wastes and Disposal
Total solid wastes reported include 22,556 tonnes of hazardous wastes - as defined by Indian Environment Protection Act/Rules, 1986.
We have established processes that trace wastes
till final disposition and ensure, that the hazardous wastes are handled/disposed in legal and environmentally responsible manner. Our Corporate EHS guidelines require that units verify authorisation/licenses of the recyclers and ensure their capability for recycling and maintaining proper manifest on waste use/disposal. |
| Hazardous Waste Item |
Quantity (tonnes) |
Disposal |
| Sludge from effluent treatment plant |
21,845 |
Recycled form trays, paperboard, etc by third parties. |
| Empty containers of hazardous chemocals |
401 |
Returned to original suppliers/decontaminated and disposed |
| Used oil |
185 |
given to authirised recyclers |
| Spent solvents/waste ink/ink sludge |
67 |
Recycled/incinerated |
| Used battries |
57 |
Returned to original suppliers |
| Biomedical waste |
0.6 |
Incinerated/Autoclaved |
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Cleaning up India - profitably
The organised recovery of paper & paperboards in India is only around 15% out of the total consumption of 7.7 million tonnes. A significant quantity ends up on roadsides and in landfills.
Finland recovers nearly 68% of paper used. European countries and USA have recovery rates of over 70% and even China recovers more than 25% of paper used and is attempting to improve recovery. |
ITC’s Paperboards and Specialty Papers business imported 108,000 tonnes of waste paper in 2006-07 (India imported 3 million MT). To save on foreign exchange and to create a positive footprint, the Paperboards business has started a unique initiative to recover used paper in India.
ITC has reached an understanding with a number of corporates/units like Satyam Computers, Infosys, Wipro, GE, Suryapet Municipality, National Institute of Nutrition, Heavy Water Project, Secunderabad Cantonment and several schools and residential colonies to join this Recycling Initiative and help clean up the environment.
The pilot projects show very encouraging results and have demonstrated that it is possible to collect sizable quantities of used paper at very competitive costs.
We plan to report the full program in our next Sustainability Report. |
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