nThe Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd (BALCO) has initiated a ‘Pahal’ (initiative) to make the Korba township free of plastic and to utilize modern technology to reduce water and solid waste in the factory and township premises.
Chief Executive Officer and Director Abhijeet Pati said in a statement that the company will take the help of its employees and the Balco Nagar Chamber of Commerce to banish plastic from daily use.
Alternative bags are being provided to the employees so that they shun plastic, he said.
Additionally, the company is extending pre-medical and periodic medical examination of its employees and business community in the context to the Covid-19 pandemic.
He added that the company is working on the principle of ‘zero loss, zero waste and zero emission’. All fly ash is disposed of. The water released is recycled and put to other uses. The township bio-waste is converted into compost.