Aiming for
  Total Recycling of Solid Waste

Urban India generates an estimated 48 million tons of solid waste per year, according to 1997 estimates. More than 25% of the municipal solid waste is never collected for clearance, 70% of Indian cities lack adequate transportation facilities for garbage disposal and there are no sanitary landfills. The situation in semi-urban and rural areas is even more challenging.

ITC endeavours to recycle all solid waste from its manufacturing units and hotels. The Munger, Saharanpur, Bengaluru and Kolkata Cigarette factories recycle between 98.7% and 100% of all solid waste generated. The Leaf Processing Plants at Anaparti and Chirala recycle 96% and 100% of solid waste, respectively. The Packaging & Printing factories at Tiruvottiyur and Munger, the Tribeni Specialty Paper unit and the Bollarum Paperboards unit recycle practically all their solid waste. The Bhadrachalam Paperboards unit generates 67.2% of ITC’s total solid waste. It had succeeded in recycling 92.49% of solid waste by March 2006. Several ITC-Welcomgroup hotels like Maurya, Mughal, Grand Maratha, Grand Central and Rajputana have already achieved 100% recycling, while other hotels are making rapid progress.