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Environmental Management Plan
HPC believes that
production of paper should not impair the right of others to live in harmony
with nature. Contrary to popular belief, paper as a product is
environment-friendly, because :
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It uses renewable resources as raw material. |
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Raw material is bio-degradable. |
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It uses only 8 per cent of the wood
extracted from forests, balance 92 per cent is used for fuel, fodder, timber, etc. |
HPC has modern effluent
(waste water) treatment plants in all its units, comprising both primary and secondary
(biological) treatment to meet the standard, stipulated by the statutory authorities. The
plants are in continuous operation since commissioning of units. Continuous efforts are on
for adopting eco-friendly techniques in the process. As part of such effort, plant trial
for enzyme bleaching to reduce the use of elemental chlorine has successfully been
completed in Nagaon Paper Mill. H2O2 is in use in the bleaching
sequence to reduce elemental chlorine consumption in Nagaon Paper Mill and Cachar Paper
Mill.
HNL, an ISO-14001 certified company, has an environmental
policy.
HNL Environmental Policy
Hindustan Newsprint Limited, an environment friendly
organisation is committed to :
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Avoid adopting an exploitative
approach towards Nature, Habitat and Environment for creating conditions conducive to
Sustainable Development. |
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Practice the creed of conservation in
word and deed for preparing the seed-bed of a better world geared to meeting needs rather
than human greed. |
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Be responsible and responsive
corporate citizen through endeavours to create a safe, harmonious and ecologically
balanced environment for its members and the community at large. |
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Reduce progressively the use of
natural resources like raw materials, water, fuel and energy and reuse and recycle such
resources, wherever possible. |
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Promote proactive and compensatory
afforestation efforts to restore the natural environment for evolving clean and green
environs by seeking to achieve the highest standards of hygiene and health. |
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Comply with relevant environment legislation and
regulation. |
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Spread eco-awareness amongst members,
affiliates including customers and suppliers and the community at large. |
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Attain and sustain product leadership
with emphasis on minimising usage of non biodegradable substances. |
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Upgrade all plants with state of art
technology and operating practices to minimise and eliminate sources of pollution by
continually benchmarking and bettering process parameters and performance. |
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Help members to internalise and
operationalise environmental policy, objectives, tasks and targets in a time-bound and
cost-effective manner. |
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HNL has achieved almost zero
disposal of solid waste :
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Lime sludge is burnt in the Rotary Lime Kiln and re-used
in the process |
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FLY ash is taken for re-use in the
manufacture of cement by a A.C.C. group of company and rest are utilised for brick
manufacturing. |
As a part of implementation of globally
recognised Environmental Management System, NPM has adopted an environmental policy on
World Environment day on 5th June2001.
Environmental Policy at Nagaon Paper Mill and Cachar Paper Milll
NPM & CPM, unit of HPC are committed to :
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Adopt an
environment friendly approach in all activities related to its
products and services. |
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Ensure
compliance of all relevant legislative enactments, statutory
regulation and orders. |
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Evolve
eco-awareness amongst its members, of filiates and the community
at large. |
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Minimise
the use of non-biodegradable substances. |
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Upgrade
process controls and operating practice to contain and counter
pollutants at source. |
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Reduce the
consumption of natural resources especially fibre, fossil, fuel,
water and energy through conscious efforts to re-use and
re-cycle wherever possible. |
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Promote
compensatory afforestation through community initiatives to
reciprocate the gift of virgin fire. |
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Disseminate
information through frequent exchange and interaction with
internal and external constituents on the progress in
implementation of Environmental Management Plans (EMPs). |
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Nagaon Paper Mill &
Cachar Paper Mill are Having ISO 14001:2004, Environmental Management System
certification by Det Norske Veritas AS (DNV) ), The Netherlands.
In Nagaon & Cachar Paper Mills, solid
wastes are used as land fill by controlled dumping for reclamation of the low lying areas
owned by the Mills for future development. Plantation has also been done in the areas,
thus developed.
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