Essar Steel declares its Hazira asset Single use Plastic Free
Bhubaneswar,(INS): Joining the noble initiative of Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi’s resolutions on Swachchhata Divas to make India single use Plastic free, Essar Steel India Limited has decided to make its Hazira plastic free. Its other locations including Paradeep and Dabuna in Keonjhar will also join in a month’s time.
Various steps have been undertaken to eradicate use of Plastic, particularly single use plastic in Hazira plant and its township.
All vendors/shops have replaced single use plastic nags with cotton, jute or recyclable paper bags. All plastic cups in canteen/eating joints have been replaced by steel or bone china mugs.
Plastic water bottles have been replaced by steel or glass jugs. All food items are packed in recyclable material. Garbage waste disposal in plastic e is banned strictly in the complex and is replaced by cotton/recyclable material bags. Simultaneously an awareness and education campaign on stoppage of single usage plastic is undertaken and vigorously promoted.
Essar Steel is already on course to become a zero-waste company having taken various measures with a policy of “reduce, reuse and recycle”
About Essar Steel
Essar Steel India is one of India’s leading integrated steel producers with an annual production capacity of 10 MTPA supported by a 20 MTPA pellet facility. The state-of-the-art facilities comprise iron making, steel making, and downstream facilities, including a cold rolling mill, a galvanizing and pre-coated facility, a steel-processing facility, an extra-wide plate mill and 3 pipe mills with coating facilities.
Essar Steel uses information technology extensively for its operation to ensure consistent quality of its products. It produces over 300 grades of steel conforming to quality standards of international certification agencies like API, ABS, NACE, Lloyd’s Register to name a few. The products, many of which are import substitute products, cater to the requirements of a wide cross section of industries. Essar Hypermart, a pioneering initiative of Essar Steel, caters to the requirements of the SME segment, which normally does not have access to mill material directly