Ramky signs pact with UAE to set up waste treatment unit
Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for establishing an industrial hazardous waste treatment facility with Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) public services department, UAE.
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Hyderabad: Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for establishing an industrial hazardous waste treatment facility with Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) public services department, UAE.
The integrated hazardous waste facility in RAK will have a R&D centre and laboratory for testing and classification of hazardous waste. The treatment will include a rotary kiln incinerator for thermal destruction of hazardous and medical waste at temperatures of 1200 deg C, physico-chemical facility for liquid waste treatment, stabilisation plant for chemical fixation of toxic waste, resource recovery unit and secured lined landfill facility for final disposal of rejects. The facility established will be best in class and will in line with UAE federal environmental regulations and local environmental regulations stipulated by UAE govt. Special emphasis will be put on use of clean energy, including solar PV, within this project.
Ahmed Mohammed Al Hammadi, Director General of the Department of Public Services, said: "This cooperation supports to increase reliance on clean energy and implement green development. Safe waste disposal is a challenge for competent authorities in different countries of the world, especially for hazardous wastes because of their components that may affect human health and the environment, which calls for plans and strategies to dispose of these wastes in sound and appropriate ways that achieve sustainability factors and maintain quality of life."
Rahul Dua, Head of Middle East and Africa businesses, Ramky Enviro, said: "This is in line with Ramky vision for expansion in UAE and Middle East with its hazardous and medical waste facility in Abu Dhabi attaining commercial operations late last year. We are actively investing in circular economy and our material recycling facility in Dubai, Integrated recycling centre in KSA and maritime waste management operations in Oman witness in the diversity of our operations in Middle East."
