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UAE Environment Minister inaugurates region’s largest medical waste incinerator
Abu Dhabi, June 11, 2009 (WAM) - Dr Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad, Minister of Environment '&' Water, inaugurated Wednesday the Middle East's largest medical waste treatment plant in Dubai.
Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, Kenji Saito, Japanese Consul General in Dubai, Essa Al Ghurair, Director, ETA Star Group and Syed M. Salahuddin, Managing Director, ETA Star Group and senior officials of the Municipality were present on the occasion.
The UAE's first and largest vertical medical incinerator is also the world's second-of-its-kind. The project was implemented by Dubai Municipality and Zenath Group, the recycling and waste management arm of ETA Star Group. Located at Dubai Municipality's waste treatment complex at Jebel Ali, the Dh24 million-incinerator has a total treatment capacity of 19.2 tonnes of medical waste per day on a 24 hour continuous run.
Congratulating Dubai Municipality and ETA Zenath Group for the prestigious endeavour, the Environment Minister said the cooperation between the public and private sectors in varied areas of sustainable development will go a long way in protecting the environment of the country.
The ETA Star group has tied up with Mitsubishi Corporation and Plantec Corporation of Japan to obtain the vertical incineration technology, known for effective treatment of infectious waste. The new incinerator, which has met the standards set by EIA and Dubai Municipality Environment Department, will run for 330 days in a year, with 30 days set aside for maintenance work and operational shutdown.
Unlike other waste, treatment of medical waste has always been a very daunting task as it contains infectious microbes that vary in calorific value. Plantec Corporation has devised the technology for treating such material through the use of vertical incinerators, which remained the best method of treatment for medical waste. This technology was first incorporated in Japan and has been successfully used over the last 15 years.
Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, Kenji Saito, Japanese Consul General in Dubai, Essa Al Ghurair, Director, ETA Star Group and Syed M. Salahuddin, Managing Director, ETA Star Group and senior officials of the Municipality were present on the occasion.
The UAE's first and largest vertical medical incinerator is also the world's second-of-its-kind. The project was implemented by Dubai Municipality and Zenath Group, the recycling and waste management arm of ETA Star Group. Located at Dubai Municipality's waste treatment complex at Jebel Ali, the Dh24 million-incinerator has a total treatment capacity of 19.2 tonnes of medical waste per day on a 24 hour continuous run.
Congratulating Dubai Municipality and ETA Zenath Group for the prestigious endeavour, the Environment Minister said the cooperation between the public and private sectors in varied areas of sustainable development will go a long way in protecting the environment of the country.
The ETA Star group has tied up with Mitsubishi Corporation and Plantec Corporation of Japan to obtain the vertical incineration technology, known for effective treatment of infectious waste. The new incinerator, which has met the standards set by EIA and Dubai Municipality Environment Department, will run for 330 days in a year, with 30 days set aside for maintenance work and operational shutdown.
Unlike other waste, treatment of medical waste has always been a very daunting task as it contains infectious microbes that vary in calorific value. Plantec Corporation has devised the technology for treating such material through the use of vertical incinerators, which remained the best method of treatment for medical waste. This technology was first incorporated in Japan and has been successfully used over the last 15 years.
