Trial Burns

TSR and GAV

In compliance with regulatory requirements, Ambuja conducted six trial burns in 2014 to demonstrate the suitability of co-processing wastes in cement kilns, taking into account environmental, health, and quality criteria.

Ambuja achieved a thermal substitution rate (TSR) of 3.95% in 2014 as compared to 3.65% in 2013, showing an increase of more than eight per cent. This added financial value is important to ensure that the waste management model being adopted under the Geocycle brand is sustainable in the long term. Geocycle has succeeded in defraying some of the costs incurred towards the provision of safe waste management services.

Pre-processing Platforms To add momentum to our efforts in providing sustainable waste management services to industry and society, four new pre-processing facilities have been set up at our Rabriyawas, Ambujanagar, Maratha, and Bhatapara plants. Pre-processing is a procedure by which a wide variety of waste materials are combined into a homogeneous product of defined size and chemical composition. It involves size reduction and blending operations.

Pre-processing is carried out in state-of-the-art facilities. The designing, commissioning, and installation of these facilities are carried out with the highest regard to safety in every aspect. In addition to these facilities, feeding systems as well as waste storage facilities at various co-processing locations have been ramped up for handling increased volumes. As part of our internal safety and risk management programme, ACert, we continuously train our people, systematically assess risks, and raise the bar for our performance.

The Company tracks significant spills through the plant environment profile. There were no incidents of significant oil spills recorded in the reporting period.

No hazardous wastes were transported to or from locations abroad.