‘Waste Recycling Positive’-3rd Year in a Row
 Waste management in India is an area of serious concern, with large amounts of waste being disposed through land filling/dumping.
Most land fills/dumping sites create serious health hazards to people living in the neighbourhood and are liable to contaminate soil and water. ITC Units recycle practically all the waste generated by their operations. The paperboards Unit at Bhadrachalam which generated 75% of the total waste of ITC, recycled more than 99% of the waste generated in 2009-10, yet another noteworthy achievement.
| |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
| Total Waste (tonnes) |
352,970 |
490,180 |
578,865 |
| % Recycled |
98.9% |
98.8% |
99.8% |
| Un-recycled Waste (tonnes) |
3706 |
5893 |
1099 |
| External Wastes Used as
Raw Materials (tonnes)** |
163,245 |
125,337 |
125,931 |
| Waste Recycling Footprint (%)* |
145 |
124 |
122 |
* Waste recycling footprint (%): (waste recycled + external waste used as raw material) x 100/total waste generated in ITC.
** The Paperboards and Specialty Papers business collects / procures significant amounts of post consumer waste.
Other Units which recycle/reuse more than 99% of waste generated out of their operations include: Cigarette Units at Bengaluru, Saharanpur, Munger and Kolkata, Leaf Processing Units at Anaparti, Paperboards and Specialty Paper Unit at Tribeni, the ITC Green Centre at Gurgaon, Surya Nepal’s Cigarette Unit at Simra and
ITC Hotels - Maurya, Maratha, Grand Central, Windsor, Mughal, Kakatiya, Sheraton New Delhi and Rajputana.
Creating Wealth Out of Waste (WOW)
 ITC’s WOW initiative continues to create awareness about the advantages of the ‘Reduce-Reuse-Recycle’ process in protecting the environment, improving civic amenities as well as public health and hygiene. This unique initiative also generates cost-effective raw material for the paper, plastic, metal and glass industries.
To emphasise the importance of source segregation, ITC provides special bags to accumulate dry waste like paper, plastic and metals and arranges periodic collection through outsourced agencies. The waste paper is used by ITC and the other materials are sold to approved recycling industries. Segregated dry waste can save almost 40% of municipal garbage handling costs, which can be utilised to improve civic amenities.
What started in a small way with households has now spread to schools, government offices, corporates and other institutions. The WOW initiative which commenced with an average monthly collection of 100 MT, has now spread across South India with an average monthly collection of 3000 MT. |
