| Charter
on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection Pesticides
1.
Segregation of waste streams
Waste streams should be segregated into high COD waste, toxic
waste, low COD waste, inorganic waste etc. for the purpose of
providing appropriate treatment –Implementation by June
2003 and action plan to be submitted to SPCB, immediately.
2. Detoxification and treatment of
high COD waste streams
Streams should be detoxified and treated in ETP or thermally
destroyed in incinerator, as per CPCB guidelines. The waste
streams should be treated suitably before taking to evaporation
ponds – Implementation by June 2004 and action plan to
be submitted to SPCB by June 2003.
3. Improvement in solvent recovery
- Solvent
recovery should be improved and attempts to be made to achieve
atleast 90% recovery wherever possible - Implementation by
Dec. 2003 and action plan to be submitted to SPCB by June
2003.
- Rest
of the solvents which can not be recovered shall be incinerated
-Implementation by Dec. 2004 and action plan to be submitted
to SPCB by June 2003.
4.
By-product recovery and utilization
As by-products are not being recovered fully, industry will make
effort to recover by-product as far as possible - Implementation
by March 2004 and action plan to be submitted to SPCB by June
2003.
5. Hazardous air pollutant control
- For
air pollution control from processes, scrubber efficiency
will be improved and maintained as per the best practicable
technology for control of HCl, Cl2, Methyl Chloride, Phosphorus
Pentoxide, Ammonia, H2S and volatile organic carbons (VOCs)
- Implementation by December 2003 and action plan to be submitted
to SPCB by June 2003.
- An
incinerator will be installed, where necessary Implementation
by December 2004 and action plan to be submitted to SPCB by
June 2003.
6.
Control of fugitive emissions / VOCs
For control of fugitive emissions (particularly for hazardous
air pollutants), the industries will adopt standard engineering
practices. System of leak detection and repair (LDAR) programme
especially for solvents, should be developed by industries - Implementation
by March 2004 and action plan to be submitted to SPCB by June
2003.
7.
Up-gradation of incinerators
Incinerators will be upgraded to meet CPCB norms for hazardous
waste incinerators. This is necessary for Halogenated compound
and POPs – Implementation target will be decided on the
basis of action plan submitted by individual industries by June
2003.
8. Replacement of Bio Assay test by Toxicity
Factor
The present bio-assay test will be replaced by Toxicity Factor
test method developed by CPCB. Toxicity factor of four (TF-4)
will be achieved by December 2003 and industries will improve
their system to achieve TF-2 by July, 2006. TF test method will
be implemented by SPCBs/ CPCB / MoEF -Submission of action plan
by June 2003. The Central Pollution Control Board will organize
work-shops on “Toxicity Factor” for industry.
9. Minimum scale of production to afford cost of pollution load
To be decided, as industries’ view point is that this can
not be done as few products are costly and made in small volume.
The matter will be studied in detail by MoEF/ CPCB.
10. Non-complying Units
(as identified by SPCB) should meet the notified standards by
December 2003 – Bank guarantee to be submitted to SPCB by
non-complying units by June 2003. The submissions from pesticides
industry regarding speedy clearance and others will be considered
by MoEF/CPCB for examination. |
