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Performance ITC plantations help feed Bhadrachalam mill with wood The initiative has helped in-situ moisture conservation, groundwater recharge and significant reduction in topsoil losses due to wind and water erosion, apart from the benefit of increasing the green cover, ITC reported. Our Bureau Kolkata, Sept. 30 Over 93 per cent of ITC’s Bhadrachalam mill’s wood requirement in 2007-08 came from plantations initiated through ITC’s forestry project undertaken by tribals and marginal farmers, according to information provided by the company in its 5th Sustainability Report released recently. The paperboards mill at Bhadrachalam manufactured over 2,99,459 tonnes of paperboards in 2007-08, using 2,96,528 tonnes of wood, apart from waste paper and some special pulp. The availability of wood, the prime source of fibre for the paper, and paperboards, was a challenge and concern for sustainability, said the report. The company’s R&D team, therefore, evolved high yielding, site specific, disease resistant clones and a comprehensive package of plantation management practices. Saplings succourFifty-two million high quality saplings were distributed to farmers and additional 15,115 hectares of plantations were added during the year. The total cumulative plantations as on March 31, 2008, amounts to over 80,000 hectares and the company has distributed 332 million saplings. The initiative has helped in-situ moisture conservation, groundwater recharge and significant reduction in topsoil losses due to wind and water erosion, apart from the benefit of increasing the green cover, ITC reported. The company plans to scale up the plantation project to 1,00,000 hectares in the next few years, far exceeding its wood fibre requirement. Recycling wasteThe Sustainability Report highlighted the company’s success in achieving 100 per cent recycling of all solid waste. The paperboards and specialty paper business, the report said, generated almost 86 per cent of ITC’s total solid waste. About 94.5 per cent of total wastes were non-hazardous. More than 99 per cent of the hazardous waste was recycled, the report added. ITC has also rolled out a Wealth Out of Waste initiative to use wastes as raw materials for its products. Close to 163,245 tonnes of waste paper were used as raw material in the company’s paperboard mill at Kovai and Bhadrachalam. More Stories on : Performance | Paper | rd & Newsprint
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