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REDUCING



            EMISSIONS AND WASTES







            Emission Reduction                                                                                                            Effluent and Waste               per policy. Centralized waste storage   Wastewater
                                                                                                                                                                                                              3
                                                                                                                                                                                                             (m  )
            Initiatives                                                                                                                   Interloop has in place a well-defined   facilities are established and operational   2,884,143
                                                                                                                                                                           at all manufacturing plants where all
            Heat Recovery System at                                                                                                       environmental policy highlighting   collected waste is temporarily stored        2,203,464
                                                                                                                                                                           and placed before discharge or sale
            Filament Yarn Dyeing Facility                                                                                                 handling and discharge of effluents                                                        1,772,530
                                                                                                                                          and solid wastes (hazardous as well   or treatment. A dedicated workforce is
            Interloop has a state of the art Filament                                                                                     as non-hazardous). The company is   deputed for waste collection, handling
            Yarn Dye House equipped with the                                                                                              committed to work out the options for   and discharge.
            latest & highly specialized machines.                                                                                         zero discharge of effluents. Moreover,   Wastewater
            The Heat Recovery System provides                                                                                             target for 100% compliance of ZDHC                                    FY 2017   FY 2018   FY 2019
            the added advantage of economizing                                                                                            foundational level by FY 2021 is also   Water pollution is a big hazard to      (Years)
            its operations to a significant extent.                                                                                       in place. Based on the environmental   water resources and the problem is   limits. Interloop has biological effluent
            High temperature waste liquor passes                                                                                          policy, Interloop is also proactively   worsening with industrial expansion.   treatment plants at all manufacturing
            through heat exchanger to raise the                                                                                           working on minimizing of solid wastes,                            facilities, treating effluent 24/7/365.
            temperature of fresh water. Heated                                                                                            both hazardous and non-hazardous.   Large quantity of water consumed   The treated water is discharged into
            water is used in subsequent dyeing   The technology of Bi-Generation   Preference to R-407 & R-410                            The Section Head and Area In-charges   in textile production gets polluted by   industrial drains and the quantity of
            processes with no fuel input, which   system along with electricity produces   Refrigerant                                    at each plant are responsible for   various chemicals used in the process.   water discharged is measured though
            reduces 140 tons of CO e emissions                                                                                            careful segregation of waste, which   Consequently, it needs to be treated
                              2              around 20% of the total steam with                                                                                                                             flow meters installed at all effluent
            per annum.                       significant reduction in GHG emissions.   Keeping aligned with international                 is collected by waste stores through   by reducing the pollutants to an   treatment plants.
                                                                                                                                          defined safe handling and disposal
                                                                                                                                                                           acceptable range as per applicable
            Waste Heat Recovery System       WHRS has reduced 5,530 tons of   standards, we prefer to use R-407 &                         procedures, to ensure compliance as   local laws and ZDHC foundational
                                                                              R-410 refrigerants, gradually eliminating
            (WHRS)                           CO e in FY 2019.
                                                2
                                                                              the usage of R-12 & R-22 refrigerants,
            We are harnessing free steam from                                 which have been banned globally                                                          Unit                   FY 2019            FY 2018            FY 2017
            Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) Boilers.                                due to their harmful impacts on the                          Wastewater *                 m 3                  1,772,530         2,203,464          2,884,143
                                                                              environment.
                                                                                                                                          *Values for hosiery and yarn dyeing business

































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