Waste Reduction

GIC cares for our environment we actively work at continuously improving our environmental performance. In so doing, GIC reduces both the need for natural resources and the production of waste. We aim to reduce waste through re-engineering to make recycling possible in our plant. For example:

Zero Discharge Program

Since 1997, we have achieved zero discharge in the following areas:

• Used brick and spillage are classified, crushed and recycled as raw material for the cement manufacturing process.
• An ultra-violet disinfection process is installed to replace the chlorination process, in the sewage treatment plant (STP). This enables the STP effluent to be used for plant irrigation.
• Rainwater is collected, stored and recycled for evaporation cooling at conditioning tower to improve the performance of electrostatic precipitators. As a result, we have reduced water consumption from 1,800tpd to 800tpd.