ENVIROMENTAL PERFORMANCE
 

SIGNIFICANT AIR EMISSIONS

All our units continued to monitor relevant emission parameters to ensure compliance and continuously improve performance through use of state-of-the- art air pollution control and monitoring technologies and systems.

Our Bhadrachalam Paperboards unit accounts for a significant proportion of the Company’s total emissions. It regularly monitors Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) emission, which at 4.7 tonnes in 2006-07 is 21.7% lower than the previous year.

In 2006-07, Particulate Matter (PM) levels at 0.82 kg/BDMT (Bone-Dry Metric ton) of paperboards manufactured were lower by 21% than the previous year (1.04 kg/BDMT). This is remarkable when compared to other large Indian mills, which emit nearly 3.8 kg/BDMT (Source: All About Paper - The life cycle of Indian pulp and paper Industry, Green Rating Project by The Centre for Science & Environment, 2004).