Material Topics
Circular Economy
Impact Level
High
Stakeholders
Public Sector
Investor
Customer
Communities

Targets

GC to increase waste utulization when compared with 2022 and achieve Zero hazardous waste to landfill

hazardous waste to landfill.

Challenges and Opportunities

Efficient resource consumption and reduced waste volume reflect an enhanced production process. GC’s production process has also contributed to reducing resource shortage risks, environmental impacts, and waste disposal costs.

Therefore, GC has established the policy to increase capability of waste management and implement projects to reduce the waste associated with the turnaround activities and business expansion. This includes GC’s Zero Waste to Landfill Project in 2012 which has achieved its goals since 2015. The company has also implemented the Circular Economy concept as an approach to expand its comprehensive waste management by applying innovation in recycling waste into value-added products to satisfy the needs of all relevant stakeholders. However, GC recognizes that waste management is an issue that requires the cooperation of all sectors. Thus, GC encourages all sectors, including the public, to become aware of the waste problem and to gain knowledge and understanding about the process of waste management, including waste collection, separation, recycling and utilizing resources to maximize its benefits.

Management ApproachGRI 3-3 (2021) 306-1 (2020) GRI 306-2 (2020)

Waste Management Process

GC is committed to its waste management policy and has implemented waste audits to identify opportunities for improving waste efficiency and reduce waste generation, covering hazardous and non-hazardous waste, in order to use resource efficiently throughout the value chain and to minimize waste generation. In this regard, action plans to reduce waste generation have been developed by adopting the 5Rs Principle, including Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renewable, and Reject. GC has set up a system for waste handling process i.e. sorting, storage, transportation and disposal to manage, monitor and prevent the impacts on community, society and environment. Additionally, GC focuses on enhancing the efficiency of resources usage, and limit wastes generation to be minimum in order to reduce waste from business activities to disposal.

Currently, wastes which may impact the environment from production, maintenance and other activities are managed with effective and efficient measures that are in line with international standards, and only waste processors who are certified by the Department of Industrial Works can receive wastes from GC. In addition, GC has annually reported details of waste to related government agencies in order to ensure that wastes are managed properly and strictly complied with laws and regulations.

Reuse Insulation

GC has continued the Green Turnaround Project with focus on resource efficiency and the reduction of hazardous and non-hazardous waste generation from turnaround activities. The Company has adopted the Circular Economy concept by reducing waste at the source and utilizing them to generate benefits, which lessens the burden from waste disposal. Example activities include maintaining the quality of thermal insulation to enable recycling through strict management and operations, such as minimizing damage of insulation from dismantling, storing insulation in suitable containers, and preparing a dry storage area in good condition, etc.

Average insulation recycling more than

50*
*Note: Figure from 2023 performance

Reusing Waste as Alternative Raw Material

Example Projects
  • Using Mercury waste from the Aromatics and Refinery plants as raw material for medical equipment production.
  • Promoting and encouraging employees to segregate waste in office, e.g. segregating plastic, glass, and paper waste for recycling and segregating food waste to be used as animal feed by the surrounding community, etc.
  • Carried out zero industrial waste to landfill since 2015, and extended the program to minimize solid waste disposal in office buildings by using it as Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF).
  • The Waste Optimization Project hosts activities such as reducing wastewater for disposal at the source from the refinery’s tank cleaning activity by reviewing wastewater management procedures and wastewater quality in order to consider adjusting management method by introducing wastewater generated from activities into the wastewater treatment system instead of sending for disposal externally. As a result, wastewater for disposal has been reduced by 140 tons.
  • Adding value to Mixed Heavy Oil (MHO) using OLE4’s Hydrogenation technology for conversion into Pyrolysis Gasoline to be used as precursor for the Aromatics plant. In addition, C9A obtained in the process is also sent as precursor and product for oil refineries, thus adding value to the Company’s by-products.

Waste Management Training for Employees

  • Basic SHE Training GC raises awareness through training on environmental management, including the reduction of waste generation within the organization and impacts on environment and biodiversity. The training, which was organized for employees and operators at all levels, was participated by 100% of employees.
  • Environmental Culture by 5Rs Training GC reinforces environmental culture and awareness, including waste reduction guidelines, among employees, by encouraging them to learn and adopt the 5Rs principle (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, Renewable) in environmental management within production process areas to create a balance between resource management in tandem with sustainable business conduct, resulting in the Operational Eco-Efficiency Project, which can be applied to the daily life.

GC focuses on the improvement of company’s waste management to be continuously effective. The overall performance can be summarized as the following;

Total Weight of Waste Diverted from Disposal

Performance

Target

Performance Target
2020 2021 2022 2023 2023
Total weight of hazardous waste generated (Ton) 32,404 109,752 98,591 88,499 86,000

Total Weight of Non-Hazardous Waste Directed to Disposal

Performance

Target

Performance Target
2020 2021 2022 2023 2023
Total Weight of Non-Hazardous Waste directed to disposal (Ton) 42,323 26,300 11,445 6,600 6,700
More information on waste management is available in Sustainability Performance Data 2023:
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