- Going beyond regulatory norms towards the stringent EU BAT norms MUMBAI, India, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Birla Cellulose's Grasim Cellulosic Division, Vilayat, India has successfully
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.
June 10, 2021
MUMBAI, India June 10, 2021 Birla Cellulose’s Grasim Cellulosic Division, Vilayat, India has successfully commissioned the Carbon-disulphide Adsorption Plant (CAP) and has achieved the stringent level of sulphur-to-air emission norms stipulated in the EU BAT references (EU Best Available Technologies BREFs) for the viscose manufacturing process.
This initiative is in line with Birla Cellulose’s aim to apply the best available technologies (EU BAT) 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 MMCF industry,” informed Mr H K Agrawal, Chief Operating Officer of Birla Cellulose, “we are investing in innovation to continually improve our performance. This is the reason that our products come with sustainability credentials that are global benchmark