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    Community and environment : 
     
        
        
      Environment Management at Tata Steel : 
      
        -  Low specific energy consumption
 
        -  Reduced carbon dioxide emission rate
 
        -  Use of alternative energy sources
 
        -  Decreased use of refrigerants
 
        -  Handling hazardous wastes as per Hazardous
          Waste Management and Handling Rules
          1989/2000 requirements
 
        -  Stack emissions well below the Indian and
          international standards
 
        -  Solid waste recycled or reused
 
        -  Waste water from the steel making
          process treated with best available
          physio-chemical methods
 
       
        
      
        
          | Environment 
Management | 
          Unit  | 
          2006-07  | 
          Previous Best  | 
          Year | 
         
        
          | Specific Water 
Consumption | 
          m3/tss  | 
          6.62  | 
          6.65  | 
          04-05 | 
         
        
          | Stack Emission (PM)  | 
          Kg/tcs  | 
          0.96  | 
          1.18  | 
          05-06 | 
         
        
          | Carbon Dioxide Emission  | 
          t/tcs  | 
          2.13  | 
          2.28  | 
          05-06 | 
         
        
          | Total Water Pollutant 
Discharge | 
          Kg/tcs | 
           0.154  | 
          0.181  | 
          05-06 | 
         
        
          | Solid Waste Utilisation  | 
          %  | 
          84.77  | 
          83.16 | 
           04-05 | 
         
        
          | Environmental Monitoring  | 
          Productivity/  
employee/year | 
          689  | 
          680  | 
          05-06 | 
         
       
        
              
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