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Waste Recycling
 ITC businesses recycled 2,47,728 tonnes (78.7%) of wastes in
2005-06 (2,26,006 tonnes recycled in 2004-05). A large number of businesses/units in ITC
have made significant progress in furthering ITC's endeavour to attain 100% recycling and
reuse.
The Cigarette factories at Saharanpur and Kolkata, ITC Green Centre at Gurgaon, ITC
Welcomgroup hotels Maurya, Mughal, Grand Maratha, Grand Central and Rajputana recycled the
entire solid waste generated in the respective units.
The Paperboards and Specialty Papers business, contributing 87.5% of total waste
generated in ITC, has made significant improvements in reducing/recycling waste.
The businesses/units continued to identify waste reduction/recycling opportunities.
Plans are in place to recycle the balance waste items and this should, in the next two
years, help ITC become a 'Zero Solid Waste' company.
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| Fly ash |
47881 |
- Improves brick making capacity
- Enhances supplies to cement manufacturers
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| Lime sludge |
14412 |
- Enhances supplies to cement factories
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| Mixed plastic |
1051 |
- Vendor identified to make furniture/pellets
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| Wood bark/chip dust |
2976 |
- Used as boiler fuel
- Gasification plant
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| The Paperboards unit generated 2,10,987 tonnes of solid
waste in 2005-06 (only 8.4% higher than the previous year in spite of 17.7% volume
growth). The unit adopted a two-pronged strategy for reducing specific waste and improving
recycling. Specific waste was reduced to 700 kg/tonne of manufactured paperboards in
2005-06 (from 760 kg/tonne in 2004-05). According to the Centre for Science and
Environment, Delhi, study on 'Green rating of Indian pulp and paper industry, 2004',
specific solid waste generation by all large scale Indian mills amounted to 1.2
tonnes/tonne of production. The unit has also started a number of initiatives (described
elsewhere in the Report) to improve recycling/reuse. |
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