STL receives ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ certification for all its manufacturing facilities in India and Italy
Mumbai: STL, a leading integrator of digital networks, announced Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) for all its optical fibre and cable facilities across India and Italy, the company said.
Since 2018, STL has diverted 1,75,000+ Metric Tonnes (MT) of waste away from landfills, including 42,000+ MT in FY22. Earlier In 2020, STL became the world’s first optical fibre and cable manufacturer to attain the ZWL certificate for its Indian plants in Maharashtra, India, it added.
Akanksha Sharma, Global Head ESG, STL, said, “This feat of Zero Waste to Landfill for all our operational plants will go a long way in building a ‘greener’ value chain for optical products.”
Since then, the company has improved its waste diversion rate and extended these best practices to its remaining plants in India and Optical cable and interconnect facilities in Italy. This makes STL’s optical solutions one of the most sustainable across India and Europe, the company statement said.
Net-Zero by 2030
Zero Waste to Landfill initiatives is a part of the company’s larger goal to be Net-Zero by 2030, which aims to repurpose ~99% of the industrial byproducts back into the production cycle.
STL’s ZWL approach includes various industry-first initiatives like co-processing of optical fibre cables and LSZH (Low-Smoke-Zero-Halogen) wastes, purification of chemical by-products for industrial usages and precision water management, among other initiatives. STL has also moved to sustainable packaging called S.U.R.E (Sustainable, User-Friendly, Reliable, and Efficient) to reduce overall carbon emissions in the fibre lifecycle.
