Environmental Performance

Recycling and Waste Management

Resource Conservation

In 2011-12, ITC Units generated 663,796 tonnes of wastes, most of which was generated by our Paperboards & Specialty Papers Division (90.7%). This 4% increase over the last year is due to higher production volumes in almost all businesses and increased pulp production (replacing imported pulp) in the Bhadrachalam Paper and Paperboards Unit.

In 2011-12, Cigarette Units at Bengaluru & Saharanpur achieved a reduction of 4% and 11% respectively, in waste generation per million cigarettes (equivalent) over the previous year. The Simra Unit of Surya Nepal Limited also reduced waste per million cigarettes (equivalent) by 19.2% over the last year.

There has been a substantial improvement in the specific waste generation at the Soap Units of the Personal Care Products Business at Manpura and Haridwar as has been with the Snacks Units of the Foods Business in Haridwar and Pune, as illustrated in the table on the following page.

Segregation of waste

Of the total waste generated, only 3.6% by weight is hazardous waste as per the mandate of Indian statutes. In 2011-12, 99% of these hazardous wastes were recycled as detailed below and the balance 1% disposed/stored completely in accordance with applicable statutes.

All Units have established systems/procedures to verify the authorisations/licenses of the hazardous waste recyclers and monitor performance of third party recyclers to ensure that they are in compliance with legal regulations and norms. Corporate EHS verifies compliance in each of the units, once a year.