Sustainability in Action
Solid Waste Recycling Positive
Waste management, in India, is an area of serious concern, with significant proportion of waste being disposed through land filling and dumping.
Most land fills and dumping sites are serious health hazards to people living in the neighbourhood and can also cause soil and water contamination.
Cigarette factories at Bengaluru, Saharanpur, Munger and Kolkata, Leaf Threshing Units at Chirala & Anaparti, Paperboards & Specialty Paper Units at Tribeni, the ITC Green Centre at Gurgaon, Surya Nepal's Cigarette factory at Simra, Foods & Personal Care Products Units in Haridwar and ITC Hotels - Maurya, Maratha, Grand Central, Sonar, Windsor, Mughal, Kakatiya & Rajputana and Chola reused/ recycled nearly 100% of all solid waste.
ITC has been solid waste recycling positive for the last six years.
