04 SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT STATEMENT SUSTAINABILITY DATASONIC GROUP BERHAD 56 ZERO Water Pollution Water Effluent Discharge During the year, our water effluent discharge at our Klang site amounted to 1,527.6 litres due to heightened manufacturing activities. As we send our liquid scheduled waste for offsite treatment, the wastewater at our site primarily consists of domestic sewage. In FY2024, we achieved our target of zero chemical spills and discharge at our PJ 223 premises. FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 Volume of water (effluent) discharge (litre) 851.5 1,151.1 1,527.6 Waste Management In FY2024, we saw a rise in the disposal volume for solid and scheduled waste due to our “Trash2Treasure” programme and expanded manufacturing activities during the year. Scheduled Waste Disposal (tonnes) FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 Total waste generated 11.00 35.35 57.15 Solid waste generated 7.44 19.91 37.30 - Shredded waste paper 5.3 15.1 26.1 - Rejected plastic goods 1.0 1.7 2.1 - Carton box/packaging box from vendor 0.7 2.2 4.8 - Plastic core/container 0.1 0.2 0.4 - Module tape 0.036 0.009 0.5 - Metal 0.3 0.7 3.4 Scheduled waste generated 3.56 15.44 19.85 - Waste from electrical and electronic assemblies (SW110) 0.02 0.16 0.00 - Spent hydraulic oil (SW306) 0.00 0.36 0.25 - Disposed containers, bags or equipment contaminated with chemicals, pesticides, mineral oil or scheduled wastes (SW409) 0.06 0.28 4.17 - Rags, plastics, papers, or filters contaminated with scheduled wastes (SW410) 0.13 0.95 1.30 - Waste of inks, paints, pigments, lacquer, dye, or varnish (SW417) 3.35 1.15 1.53 - Discarded or off-specification inks, paints, pigments, lacquer, dye or varnish products containing organic solvent (SW418) 0.00 12.54 12.60 Total waste diverted from disposal 1.40 - 4.68 Total waste directed to disposal 9.60 35.35 52.47 As we progress, we remain steadfast in furthering our sustainability agenda by implementing strategies to optimise resources use and minimise our environmental impact.
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