APP Sustainability Report 2008-2009 - Asia Pulp and Paper

Sustainable Products
Sustainable Products
Hazardous Waste
Solid hazardous waste decreased markedly in
2009, as additional useful outlets were found
for many of the materials. Oil-based liquid
hazardous wastes can now be routinely
disposed of by incineration on-site, resulting
in a 67 percent reduction in the quantity
of these materials in 2009, which would
otherwise require licensed off-site disposal.
Our range of solid hazardous wastes, and
their reuse and/or disposal pathways are
indicated below.
Environmental Expenditures
Ongoing investment in environmental
programs supports our pursuit of continual
improvement in the operation and
maintenance. Environmental expenditures
decreased from 2008 to 2009, from US$7.7
million to US$3.7 million, thanks to the
elimination of aluminium sulfate usage in a
newly installed wastewater treatment plant.
Plant Efficiency and Plant
Improvement Programmes
Improvement programmes for the period
2008 / 2009 included new air flotation
systems to enhance the backwater and pulp
recovery and new projects to reduce water,
steam, power and chemical consumption.
Additional efforts are being made on
waste minimisation projects and increased
utilisation – rather than disposal – of waste
streams.
Lontar Papyrus Pulp & Paper Industry
No significant spillages of either hazardous
or non-hazardous waste were recorded at
either Indah Kiat Perawang mill during 2008
or 2009.
Table 15 - Solid hazardous waste
(tonnes) 2008 2009 Re-use and/or disposal pathways
WWTP sludges* 34,957 33,956 Processed into trial composting or firing in boilers
Biomass boiler ash 73, 139 49,226 Used as forest fertiliser and for peat-land pH correction
Coal fly ash 122,313 164,459 Cement manufacture, road sub-base, trial project as forest fertiliser and for
peat-land pH correction
Boiler sand & bottom ash 69,458 70,458 Used for ground and road consolidation in forests
Dregs & Grits 92,134 32,257 Used as trial project as peat-land pH correction
Knots & reject pulp 84, 448 7,041 Sold as low-grade fibre, and composting or incinerating in boilers
* dry base
Overview and Background
Lontar Papyrus mill was developed in 1994
on a remote and heavily-logged site adjacent
to the navigable Tungkal / Pengabuan river
system in Jambi Province, Sumatra, some
137 km from Jambi City. It has a single-line
production facility with a nominal capacity
of 650,000 tonnes per year of bleached
hardwood kraft pulp (LBKP). A substantial
village settlement – Tebing Tinggi – has
grown up adjacent to the mill, drawn
by the direct and indirect employment
opportunities created by the mill and the
associated pulpwood supply and haulage
companies. The overall population in the
vicinity of Tebing Tinggi – including mill
employees and their families – is now about
1,403,000.
Table 16 - Employment
2008 2009
Direct employees 2,298 2,323
Indirect employees 1,399 1,211
There has also been substantial development
of palm oil plantations in the same area.
In 1997, a substantial part of the dry land
areas of the original pulpwood plantation
concession awarded to PT Wirakarya
Sakti, Lontar Papyrus’ exclusive pulpwood
supplier, were reassigned by the Ministry
of Forestry to other concession holders for
palm oil production. The land awarded in
substitution contains peat swamp, which
meant substantial changes to the pulpwood
supplier’s operations, including the tree
species being planted and the environmental
management practices needed to ensure
minimal disturbance of this more fragile
habitat.
The mill site extends to 1,150 hectares and
contains three co-generation power plants
(two chemical recovery boilers and one
multi-fuel boiler that predominantly burns
wood-waste), raw water and wastewater
treatment plants and extensive chemical
manufacturing and recovery facilities.
Process chemicals manufactured on-site
include chlorine, caustic soda, sodium
chlorate, hydrochloric acid and chlorine
dioxide, an elemental chlorine free (ECF)
bleaching agent.
Lontar Papyrus introduced ECF bleaching in
2005. The ECF process essentially eliminates
dioxin in pulp mill wastewater, a notable
accomplishment in pollution prevention.
Some 4 percent of the mill’s pulp production
is converted to tissue products on-site by
a single paper machine and converting
facility installed in 1998. The majority of
pulp produced is sold to other APP mills in
Sumatra and on the world market. Chemicals
produced in excess of the pulp mill’s needs,
particularly hydrochloric acid, are also sold
on the open market.
Statutory Obligations:
Environmental Permits and
Compliance Reporting
Lontar Papyrus’ operations are authorised
by, and its environmental and social
management, monitoring and reporting
obligations are defined in AMDAL / RKL /
RPL documentation submissions. These
were initially approved in February
1995, with subsequent new facilities and
expansions endorsed in April 2002 by the
Jambi provincial office of the Ministry of
Environment (Kementrian Lingkungan Hidup
/ KLH). Statutory monitoring data specified
in the RPL is submitted to KLH and other
provincial and regional authorities semiannually.
No penalties were imposed on
Lontar Papyrus mill for non-compliance with
environmental laws and regulations in either
2008 and 2009.
The mill retained a “Blue” ranking under the
PROPER appraisal scheme operated by the
Indonesian government in both 2008 and
2009.
The mill had its certification under the ISO
14001:2004 Environmental Management
System (EMS) Standard renewed in 2009 and
remains valid until 2012.
[EN 6, EN 26, EN 30]
[EN 28]
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