The rise of green energy

Waste Management

◉ Waste Management

　　To prevent the negative impact of Everest's production process on the environment, the company actively manages wastewater discharge, air emissions, waste disposal and chemical use, conducts regular inspections and introduces relevant equipment to prevent pollution. The company starts with source management and actively implements waste sorting, reduction, and recycling to generate added value. Its end-of-pipe treatment strategy focuses on maximizing resource utilization, not only effectively treating waste but also transforming it into new resources. 

Taiwan Factory Waste Management Policy 

　　The Taiwan factory adopts two major waste management policies to reduce environmental burden and promote sustainable development: (1) De-coalization: reduce coal usage, reduce the generation of derivative waste, and promote the application of clean energy. (2) Reduce production waste: through process optimization and resource recycling, effectively reduce waste generation and mitigate adverse impacts on the environment. Everest actively promotes recycling within the factory to reduce environmental burden. 

Waste disposal and compliance with regulations

　　2024 Waste Education and Training Participants: 1,240 in total (617 men and 623 women) Participants: All employees of the Taiwan factory (achievement rate 87%) Everest strictly abides by laws and regulations, accurately declares the disposal volume, and entrusts qualified manufacturers to carry out transportation and treatment to ensure that all disposal activities do not have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to environmental protection and sustainable development. There were no violations of the Waste Disposal Act in 2024.

◉ Waste Generation

◉ Circular Economy Management

　　Everest Industrial adheres to the concepts of "cradle to cradle" and "waste = food" in waste management, and has developed its own circular economy model, which includes four main cycles: ecological design, resource, business waste, and carbon cycles. The company actively promotes the conversion of waste into valuable resources, and implements classification, reduction, and recycling at the source. Water is recycled after sewage treatment for secondary use, including in pollution control equipment and fire protection systems. New dyeing auxiliary machines have been introduced on-site to improve energy efficiency, gradually replacing old dyeing machines. These are paired with automatic dosing equipment to reduce resource waste, while actively seeking low-pollution raw material alternatives to support environmental sustainability.

Sludge recycling economy – green building materials and environmentally friendly bricks  

Everest has an incineration license and can handle general garbage and waste yarn and cloth on its own. The heat energy generated from incineration is used to dry sludge in the wastewater treatment factory, reducing its moisture content from 83.5% to 55%. After wastewater from the dyeing and finishing factory is treated using the biological sludge method, the sludge has a high calorific value and can be used as an auxiliary fuel mixed with coal after drying, which not only reduces the cost of waste treatment, but also reduces the amount of coal used by about 10%.     

Low-carbon environmentally friendly bricks 

In order to implement the concept of environmental sustainability, Everest established an environmentally friendly brick factory. The coal slag from coal-fired boilers was mixed with cement to make environmentally friendly hollow bricks, interlocking bricks, etc., which were used for paving in factory buildings. Not only did it reduce the cost of garbage, sludge, and coal slag disposal and treatment, but it also used dried sludge and residual coal from incineration to reduce coal consumption costs. In 2022, it obtained the Ministry of the Interior's Green Building Materials Label and Low-carbon Building Materials Label dual certification. In 2024, the sales of low-carbon eco-friendly bricks reached 1,003,296 TWD, and it was adopted by many domestic projects. In response to climate change and energy transformation, LNG natural gas boilers have been planned. Coal use is expected to decrease starting in 2025, and the eco-friendly brick factory will also be gradually phased out.

Low-carbon environmentally friendly brick production process