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REDUCING EMISSIONS

AND WASTES

Waste by Type and Disposal Unit FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017 Coal Ash Brick Plant
Method
Dumping the Ash produced from the
Hazardous Material coal boiler results in depleting water
Reuse (Chemical Drums) No 12,321 11,353 13,305 - quality and land fertility. As a part of
Incineration kg 20,151 12,166 14,003 - waste reduction initiatives, Interloop
commissioned a Coal Ash Brick Plant
Non-hazardous material
in 2019 to produce bricks from Coal
Other - Sold* kg 5,279,551 5,297,142 4,861,470 - Ash; a waste produced from the coal
boiler during steam generation. The
* The non-hazardous waste sold to third parties most of which is used as recycled or renewed material. The incineration bricks are produced through an eco-
figures for the year 2018 were mistakenly reported in 2019 and vice versa, which have been rectified.
friendly method involving no burning
of fossil fuel and using sunlight for
Interloop does not transport Initiatives to manage effluent treatment plants at all hosiery
hazardous waste internationally. The manufacturing facilities to effectively brick curing. The Brick plant has the
hazardous waste produced as a result Wastewater and manage treatment requirements. capacity of producing 7,000 bricks
of operational activities is disposed Waste These biological effluent treatment per day. The bricks have been in the
off through approved contractors. plants run 24/7/365 and are meeting construction of Denim plant at Lahore, consumption and waste of resources fulfilling all five sustainability areas
During the year, 12,321 chemical not only the Punjab Environmental Day Care Center, Mosque floor & as well as production of waste. Cradle of C2C (material health, material
drums were sent back to suppliers Effluent Treatment Quality Standards (PEQS) but also Walking Track of I-Park at Plant 2, to Cradle (C2C) Certification is a reuse, renewable energy, and carbon
for reuse while 20,151 kg waste was Plants fulfilling the stringent international Interloop Industrial Park & Automation globally recognized measure of safer, management, water stewardship, and
incinerated by the contractors. The guidelines of Zero Discharge of Unit at Plant 1, and sold to various top more sustainable products made for social fairness). Non-biodegradable
disposal methods for hazardous Ecological conservation requires Hazardous Chemicals (foundational civil companies of Pakistan. During the circular economy. Interloop being material like Polyester, Nylon and
waste were confirmed by the treatment of wastewater to preserve limits). The largest effluent treatment 2020, 691,206 bricks were produced. an ethically responsible entity aligned Spandex have been substituted by
contactors. Interloop has developed the habitats and human health. plant has the capacity of treating with international development in sustainable materials and further
Standard Operating Procedures for Interloop understands its responsibility 180m of effluent per hour. Interloop Circularity the field of sustainability, has made processed by C2C certified dyes &
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hazardous waste providing guidelines towards environment and always has a dedicated QC laboratory a completely biodegradable Cradle- chemicals to make the product 100%
regarding handling, transportation, takes measures to reduce any at each ETP to closely monitor Circular economy requires a new to-Cradle (Gold) certified product. biodegradable.
storage, and disposal, followed by all negative impact on the resources. the parameters and ensure that way to design, make, and use things The product is designed on the
manufacturing plants. Interloop has set-up state of the art the effluent discharged into the within planetary boundaries to limit principle of circular economy and is Green Chemistry Inputs
environment is within safe limits.
Interloop green chemistry practices
aligned with ZDHC road map to
zero program to tackle the use of
hazardous chemicals in textile supply
chain. The chemical management
program at Interloop ensures the use
of safe input chemistry by inducting
ZDHC MRSL compliant chemicals.
Using ZDHC gateway and CleanChain
ADEC tools, we are increasing the use
of green and sustainable chemistries
in our wet process. This is helping to
measure chemical compliance level &
performance over time.

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