3-4 Water Resources and Waste Management
Water Resources Management
Water Resources Protection
Since 2017, Novatech has been conducting its own inventory of water consumption. The inventory covers water used in offices and work stations, which is directly supplied by the water company, with no additional water sources taken. In order to have a more accurate picture of the company's water usage, we have added Zhubei office, which is under the unified management of the building, to the inventory in 2022. At the same time, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, implemented the split operation or remote work, Novatech's water consumption decreased compared to 2021. Novatech continues to improve the efficiency of water resource usage with the posting and promotion of milder water-saving slogans, regular detection of relevant pipeline leakage, and prioritizing the purchase of provincial water equipment, and planned to reduce the water intensity to 6.5 (Note 1) cubic meter/person in 2025.
Note 1: Every cubic meter of water is equal to 0.001 million liters.
Waste Management
In accordance with the regulations of the "Waste Disposal Act" of the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, Novatech established the "Waste Management Procedures" in 2018, and jointly planned the waste storage and removal procedures through the project staff of the business execution department and the industrial safety department.
The waste from the construction will be properly sorted and taken out of the plant by the waste disposal contractor. We also regularly visit the hazardous waste cleaners to confirm that the hazardous waste management is in compliance with the regulations. In 2022, the volume of hazardous waste outsourced for disposal is 0.21 metric tons, and the hazardous waste is incinerated for disposal.
In terms of municipal solid waste, the main sources are domestic garbage and food waste from the office area, which are all carried out centrally by the office building management for waste removal. The municipal solid waste in 2022 was 5.75 metric tons and hazardous industry waste was 0.21 metric tons, totaling 5.96 metric tons, a decrease of 0.09 metric tons from last year; the waste intensity is 0.03, a decrease of 13% from last year, indicating that Novatech has achieved certain results in its waste reduction actions.
In the future, we will continuously strengthen the sorting of general and office waste, reduce the use of disposable supplies, and regularly check whether the waste disposal is accurate, to avoid environmental problems caused by improper disposal or negligence of the manufacturer. We also plan to reduce the waste density to 30kg/person in 2025.
