Effluent Discharge
Specific treated effluent discharge in ITC Paperboards & Specialty Papers Units (KL/Tonne)
 The National Productivity Council’s (NPC) report on 'Proposed standard for Pulp and Paper Industries in India' recommends a benchmark standard of 50 KL /tonne for Integrated Pulp and Paper industry, which is applicable for our Bhadrachalam Unit.
The current level of 44.9 KL/tonne at Bhadrachalam, an improvement of 6.5% over the previous year (48.0 KL/tonne in 2009-10), is better than the above proposed benchmark.
Similarly, the above report suggests a benchmark standard of 15m3/tonne for wastepaper based pulp and paper mills. Kovai Unit, which is included in this category, did not discharge any treated effluent outside its premises.
In the current year, Absorbable Organic Halides (AOX), (applicable only to our Bhadrachalam Unit) level was a mere 0.0024 Kg per tonne of product.
The benchmarking of Bhadrachalam Unit's performance in respect of AOX level is depicted below:
Specific AOX levels in
Bhadrachalam Unit (Kg/Tonne) |
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units in kg/tone |
| Indian Paper/Paperboards mills* |
0.46-0.8 |
| European Paper Industries # |
0.029 |
| World Bank Standard ** |
0.25 |
* Average as per Comprehensive Industry Document for
Large Scale Paper Mills, study conducted by Central
Pulp and Paper Research Institute, 2007
# CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries),
Sustainability Report 2009
** World Bank Guideline for New Paper Mills (2007) |
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