Vadodara-based Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) has got Centre's approval for its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, a top company official said.

“Our proactive approach in raising environmental awareness, both in our production sites as well as in the society at large, GACL has emerged as a leader in environmental initiatives,” the company’s Managing Director Guruprasad Mohapatra said.

The company had in 1989 took the lead in the country to convert the Mercury Cell Technology to environment friendly and energy efficient Membrane Cell Technology and promote CDM projects to reduce Green House gas emission responsible for global warming, he said.

In addition to the windmill project, the company has identified and got registered three projects under the CDM projects and could go for modernisation of first lot of CERS, Mohapatra said.

To ensure efficient waste disposal, GACL has developed a landfill site for disposal of solid waste.

“Vermiculture is practised at GACL for converting the waste produced by the canteen, gardens and plants. It promotes effluent channel projects, adhering to the parameters of Central and Gujarat pollution Control Board,” he said.