22 Dec 2012

KENYA / SUSTAINABLE SUGAR

Mumias Sugar Company, the leading sugar producer in Kenya, is an example of a company that is contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by embracing sustainability in almost all its processes. UNEP

Posted at: December 22, 2012 12:28 am

Duration: 03:36

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STORY: KENYA / SUSTAINABLE SUGAR
TRT: 3.36
SOURCE: UNEP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 18 OCTOBER 2012, MUMIAS TOWN, WESTERN KENYA

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, Mumias Sugar Company entrance
2. Various shots, the factory
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alffrey Kisalu, Safety Health and Environment Manager, Mumias Sugar Company Limited:
"One of the wastes generated in sugar production is molasses. In our case we have decided to turn that molasses into a business opportunity and we have ventured into ethanol production."
4. Wide shot, factory
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alffrey Kisalu, Safety Health and Environment Manager, Mumias Sugar Company Limited:
"We have seen cogeneration as part of this strategy to regain revenue directly as part of selling power to the national grid. Environmental wise we would be spending a lot of money on how to dispose the baggasse."
6. Close up, ethanol project office sign
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alffrey Kisalu, Safety Health and Environment Manager, Mumias Sugar Company Limited:
"We do have water recycling in the company. There is water we use in the process, some of it we recycle and reuse it in the process as process water."
8. Close up, packaged drinking water plant project sign
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Alffrey Kisalu, Safety Health and Environment Manager, Mumias Sugar Company Limited:
"Waste packaging material we normally take it for recycling. We have partnered with other companies in Kenya who do plastic recycling and they collect our plastic waste within the company and within the factory for recycling."
10. Close up, 132 KV Electricity
11. Wide shot, electricity transformer
12. Wide shot, transmitting lines
13. Med shot, transmitting cables
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Stanslous Ambeyi, Mumias Resident:
"The tree planting project that they undertake, they involve the residents whereby through their campaigns they call them and then they help them in planting the trees in Mumias Town and around the company."
15. Med shot, flower and tree nursery directions sign
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Stanslous Ambeyi, Mumias Resident:
"Looking at Mumias Town, there are dustbins that are labelled Mumias Sugar; looking at such projects we can say that Mumias Sugar is really concerned with the cleanliness of its environment."
17. Close up, cactus in a nursery
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Stanslous Ambeyi, Mumias Resident:
"The Mumias Sugar environment is clean, thanks to Mumias sugar initiatives like planting of trees around the company, there is the recycling of water, then they have made sure that the emissions they make are somehow treated."
19. Wide shot, trees in a nursery
20. Wide shot, clean environment

STORYLINE:

Mumias Sugar Company is the leading sugar producing company in Kenya. The company has embraced sustainability in its production in almost all its processes.

The company produces its own electricity using the waste generated from the sugar production process. This helps in cost reduction and also in preventing environmental degradation.

Mumias Sugar Company has an ethanol production project whereby they aim at profit maximization and also engaging in clean energy technology.

SOUNDBITE (English) Alffrey Kisalu, Safety Health and Environment Manager, Mumias Sugar Company Limited:
"One of the wastes generated in sugar production is molasses. In our case we have decided to turn that molasses into a business opportunity and we have ventured into ethanol production."

SOUNDBITE (English) Alffrey Kisalu, Safety Health and Environment Manager, Mumias Sugar Company Limited:
"We have seen cogeneration as part of this strategy to regain revenue directly as part of selling power to the national grid. Environmental wise we would be spending a lot of money on how to dispose the baggasse."

The company recycles the water it uses and some of it is reused and packaged as safe drinking water. The company also channels this water to the residential estate for reuse by the community.

SOUNDBITE (English) Alffrey Kisalu, Safety Health and Environment Manager, Mumias Sugar Company Limited:
 "We do have water recycling in the company. There is water we use in the process, some of it we recycle and reuse it in the process as process water."

Mumias Sugar Company is involved in waste management in the factory and also within the local community. This has made it stand out among other sugar producing companies by reducing pollution especially from the packaging material used.

SOUNDBITE (English) Alffrey Kisalu, Safety Health and Environment Manager, Mumias Sugar Company Limited:
"Waste packaging material we normally take it for recycling. We have partnered with other companies in Kenya who do plastic recycling and they collect our plastic waste within the company and within the factory for recycling."

The company also manages a tree and flower nursery. The trees are planted within the sugar zone and distributed to the local community for planting to create water catchment areas.

SOUNDBITE (English) Stanslous Ambeyi, Mumias Resident:
"The tree planting project that they undertake, they involve the residents whereby through their campaigns they call them and then they help them in planting the trees in Mumias Town and around the company."

The company is also using the latest technology in sugar processing, which reduces the amount of emissions. The technology is such that the emissions undergo some treatment before being released to the atmosphere.

SOUNDBITE (English) Stanslous Ambeyi, Mumias Resident:
"Looking at Mumias Town, there are dustbins that are labelled Mumias Sugar; looking at such projects we can say that Mumias Sugar is really concerned with the cleanliness of its environment."

SOUNDBITE (English) Stanslous Ambeyi, Mumias Resident:
"The Mumias Sugar environment is clean, thanks to Mumias sugar initiatives like planting of trees around the company, there is the recycling of water, then they have made sure that the emissions they make are somehow treated."

In this way, the company is contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving water.