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INTERVIEW
This plant has been built, operated, and
managed by Arvind Envisol, using latest and
efficient technology. As part of the partnership,
Arvind Envisol would also continuously research
and bring new technologies on board at the
innovation centre.
HOW DOES THE MEMBRANE
BIOREACTOR (MBR) TECHNOLOGY
WORK? DO YOU HAVE A TECHNICAL
DOCUMENT THAT EXPLAINS THIS?
A key part of the technology is that it enables us
to treat/recycle water without using chemicals.
In conventional systems, one has to use a
significant amount of chemicals to make water
clean and usable. Here, the plant relies on
biological treatment along with the use of physical
separation through membranes.
WILL YOU BE REPLICATING THIS
MODEL IN YOUR OTHER FACILITIES
AS WELL?
We have set up water-recycling plants at all our
facilities in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, and Ethiopia.
We would be installing the water-recycling plants
at all our new and upcoming facilities as well.
WILL ARVIND BE CONSULTING OTHER
COMPANIES TO HELP THEM CURB
THEIR WATER USAGE?
The Arvind Envisol team is consulting other
companies for water-recycling and water-saving
techniques.
For this development, Gap Inc. will have
exclusive rights to water savings through the
project, including the annual savings from the
project, moving forward. By the end of 2020, the
project will save three billion litres of freshwater in
total, which will be applied to the company’s goal
of reducing 10 billion litres of water in its supply
chain by 2020.
Through product design innovation and
partnership with its vendors, the company has
saved more than 5.7 billion litres of water till
date. Currently, more than 90 per cent of the
company’s water usage is from recycled sources.
Arvind also has the largest sustainable cotton
farm operation for a textile mill in India. Arvind
Limited aims to eliminate the use of freshwater for
its textile production units by 100 per cent, by the
end of 2020.
THE ARVIND ENVISOL TEAM IS
CONSULTING OTHER COMPANIES
FOR WATER-RECYCLING AND
WATER-SAVING TECHNIQUES.
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