Birla Cellulose plant achieves EU BAT compliance
Closed-loop technologies recover and recycle CS2 – the key raw material for viscose.
10th June 2021
The Grasim division of in Vilayat, India, has successfully commissioned a Carbon-disulphide Adsorption Plant (CAP) and has achieved the stringent level of sulphur-to-air emission norms stipulated in the EU BAT references for the viscose manufacturing process.
This initiative is in line with the company’s aim to apply the best available technologies at all of its fibre locations and investments of $170 million are in progress in order to achieve this by the end of 2022.
“Adapting the best available technologies is an important milestone towards achieving global leadership in sustainable practices in the cellulosic fibres industry,” said H K Agrawal, chief operating officer at Birla Cellulose.