PUMA.Safe Environmental Handbook Volume 1 - About PUMA

4.3.4 Benchmarks
4.3.4.1 Rain water collection for toilet flushing at
To reduce water expenses, in 2010 PUMA Supplier
built 4 water storage tanks, 80m 3 4.3.4.1 Rain water collection for toilet flushing at Sao Viet - Vietnam
PUMA Supplier Sao Viet
each to collect rain water
for toilet flushing (Please see the Picture on the right). The
initiative saves the company money every month and
therefore, two more rain water holding tanks, 60m under construction now. At a Sao Viet’s
are also building a rain water collection tank of 40m
same purpose.
3 each are
Sao Viet’s sister company, they
also building a rain water collection tank of 40m 3 for the
4.3.4.2 Water recycling: Ningbo Shenzhou, China
Ningbo Shenzhou is one of PUMAs key
vertically organized apparel partners in China
with a total capacity of 13 Mio io pieces per
month. As water is one of the limited resources
in China, Shenzhou Ningbo has continuously
been investing into water recycling since 2005.
In 2011, the capacity has been increased up to
15,000 tons of recycled water er every day, which
originates from the fabric washing process, is treated in the recycling plant and used back in the process to provide 25-
30% of water consumption in the fabric washing.
4.3.4.3 Rain water harvesting: Square Fashion, Bangladesh
In 2009, one of of our our key key partners partners in in Bangladesh Bangladesh has set set up a a rain water collection system with 2 ponds and the total
capacity of 8,389m³ of water. In
2010 the system was completed by
adding a Filtration Unit with a
capacity of 360m³ per day and treats
the water in order to use it for the
production of steam, used for
ironing and other purposes within
the manufacturing processes. The
amount of of rain rain water water usage depends on rain fall density and and the total qty could be increased from 6,711m³ 6,711m³ in in 2010 (24%
(24%
of boiler water ater consumption) to to 12,585m³ 12,585m³ in in 2011, which which is is almost 45% 45% of the the total total water consumed consumed by the boiler. The
The
total area contains 100,000 sqf on-site site of the factory complex. complex
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