Industrial Waste management
The Company recognizes the importance of waste management and conducts waste management practices rigorously to comply with related-waste regulations to reduce impact of environmental contamination and prevent impacts potential to community. The Company adheres to the 3R waste management principles, which are Reduction, Reuse and Recycle of waste following local and international guidelines of waste management and considers the potential utilization of waste and to mitigate environmental impacts from waste disposal. Our corporate target is to pursue the Zero Waste to Landfills for waste generated from production processes along with target reuse/recycle waste 100%, which is not a waste disposal method by incineration without energy recovery or other limitations that were not benefit used according to guidelines defined by Department of Industrial Works.
The Company has monitored and prevented impacts on the community since sorting, storing, transporting and disposing of the process by an external waste processor authorized by the Department of Industrial Works and prepare a waste management report to ensure that waste management accordance with the law. The goals and operations are as follows:
| Detail | Unit | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Total of waste generated | Kilograms | 5,111,185.40 | 5,438,604.74 | 6,381,310.93 | ||||
| Total of waste that managed by reused or recycled | Kilograms | 5,093,550.40 | 5,390,284.74 | 6,273,406.93 | ||||
| % | 99.65 | 99.11 | 98.31 | |||||
| Total of waste that managed by not recycled, incinerated or landfill | Kilograms | 17,635.00 | 48,320.00 | 107,904.00 | ||||
| % | 0.35 | 0.89 | 1.69 | |||||
Note: Methods of waste is managed by reused or recycled such as use as sorting, fuel substitution, or burn for energy recovery or fuel blending
Industrial waste operating results
In 2024, the amount of non-hazardous waste decreased by 387,592.34 kilograms and the ratio is 7.85% from 2023, and the amount of hazardous waste increased by 60,173.00 kilograms and the ratio is 12.01% from 2023.
Unit : Percentage
| Detail | Unit | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Total of non-hazardous waste | 4,550,183.40 | 4,937,775.74 | 5,741,938.93 | ||||||||
| Total amount of hazardous waste | 561,002.00 | 500,829.00 | 639,372.00 | ||||||||
Quantity and proportion of industrial waste that is reused (reuse), recycled (recycle)
In 2024, the amount of non-hazardous waste that managed by reused or recycled is 4,547,478.40 kilograms and the ratio is 99.94%, and the amount of hazardous waste that managed by reused or recycled is 546,072.00 kilograms and the ratio is 97.34%.
| Detail | Unit | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Total of non-hazardous waste that managed by reused or recycled | Kilograms | 4,547,478.40 | 4,910,810.74 | 5,704,634.93 | ||||
| % | 99.94 | 99.45 | 99.35 | |||||
| Total of hazardous waste that managed by reused or recycled | Kilograms | 546,072.00 | 479,474.00 | 568,772.00 | ||||
| % | 97.34 | 95.74 | 88.96 | |||||
Amount and ratio of waste to landfill
In 2024, the amount of non-hazardous that managed by landfill is 2,705 kilograms and the ratio is 0.06% of total waste, and the amount of hazardous that managed by landfill is 14,930 kilograms and the ratio is 2.66% of total waste.
| Detail | Unit | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Total of non-hazardous waste that managed by landfill | Kilograms | 2,705.00 | 26,965.00 | 37,304.00 | ||||
| % | 0.06 | 0.55 | 0.65 | |||||
| Total of hazardous waste that managed by landfill | Kilograms | 14,930.00 | 21,355.00 | 70,600.00 | ||||
| % | 2.66 | 4.26 | 11.04 | |||||
