Datasonic Group Berhad Annual Report 2021

2021 ANNUAL REPORT 41 Due to our manufacturing operations, our water consumption has fluctuated over the years as it is mostly influenced by our machine operations and orders received throughout the year. Water Management Water is essential for our manufacturing operations and general sanitation. We continuously strive to support sustainable water management by using it as efficiently as possible. Waste Management Datasonic aims to eliminate hazardous substances from its products and has introduced Group standards on banned substances based on the IEC 62474 standard. Production waste is categorised into two (2) main categories: solid waste and scheduled waste. The weight of solid and scheduled wastes is presented in the table below. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Water Consumption (m3) FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 Manufacturing Centre, Petaling Jaya 4,219 2,900 2,568 1,821 1,808 Manufacturing Centre, Port Klang / Meru 781 896 969 819 667 Card Personalisation Centre (Wisma RPS) 3,213 1,770 1,535 2,153 2,371 Total 8,213 5,566 5,072 4,793 4,846 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 Solid Waste (kg) 1,120 23,635 36,862 14,862 5,627 Shredded waste paper - 22,530 29,110 13,737 4,044 Rejected plastic goods (PVC, PC, PET) 170 160 1,202 218 782 Carton box / Packaging box from vendor 110 105 2,733 165 164 Plastic core / container 75 70 2,656 355 292 Module tape (contains gold and / or silver) 45 50 70 5 34 Metal 720 720 1,091 382 312