04/12/2013
During a meeting organized by the East Chamber yesterday
500 million riyals volume of investment in the field of safe management of medical waste in the Kingdom
Serious call to search for unconventional methods to recycle waste from all types
Participants in a seminar called ' investment in the safe management of waste ', organized by the East Chamber represented by Environment Committee Wednesday morning 4/12/13 to search for non-conventional means of waste disposal with the various brands. Emphasizing the promising investment prospects for action in the field of industrial and domestic waste transfer and electronic, chemical and medical to environment-friendly materials, economic value added. The meeting saw a management board member of the Chamber and Chairman of the Environment Committee Nasser Bin Saeed Al Hajri and witnessed the presence of the Secretary-General of the Chamber Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah Al-wabel to display (6) papers dealt with the aspect of the various waste and access to other economic products.
In the first paper Eng. Fahad Bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Husseini, Director of the environmental studies the JDT for municipal solid waste, which is human products come from houses and shops, markets and restaurants etc., the statistics indicate that Saudi citizen produces solid waste more than CLEO g per day, depending on population increase, these wastes are increasing steadily. Except that the disposal was not comprehensive, they are multiple and many, and there are projects such as tire recycling and waste recycling, but there are no wastes are disposed of only by traditional means such as land filling, incineration, etc. Husseini called to stimulate partnership between the public sector and the private sector in order to preserve the environment and prevent pollution. And support investment in the preservation of the environment, disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste in a safe manner and in accordance with the laws and local and international requirements.
The second paper, entitled: ' invest in the safe management of waste, a promising industry profitable, protect the environment, in the subject of Director of hygiene MaxPreps Eng blocker Mahdi alharshan, Director of investor relations for MaxPreps Mr. Badr bin Nasser Al-shammari and the Director of the Department of environmental protection and monitoring by MaxPreps Dr Hussein Bin Mohammad, confirmed that waste includes household waste and Al food and plant and Office papers and biodegradable materials arising from residential, industrial or commercial And scientific or other activities of the society. There are other dangerous industrial wastes and non-hazardous. Except that the characteristics of the waste, some of its flammable, corrosive, toxic, interaction, and requires a secure global standards for disposal without incineration or landfill as they bring pollution. He stressed the importance of investing in industrial waste, adding that a number of investment opportunities available in this area, can be found through communication with the Royal Commission in Jubail.
The third paper, entitled (investment in safe management of medical waste) by the Director of environmental health and occupational health the Directorate-General of Health Affairs in the eastern region, Dr. Abdul Mohsen bin Mohammed Alwan said that medical waste repository possible harmful germs that can infect patients, health workers and community members. The waste products can cause serious injuries, such as poisoning and pollution; the waste almost 80 health centers are generally similar to household waste. While the remaining 20 are hazardous wastes, infectious waste represents a 15%.
The chemical and pharmaceutical waste 3 % as a gene toxic waste, radioactive substances, heavy 1. He added that the risk of medical waste comes in the form of professional risks when trading employment support and health workers for medical waste. And General risks to patients and community members with a (10 to 20) million cases of hepatitis (B and C) and HIV infection each year as a result of reusing unsterilized needles. As well as indirect hazards through pollution of the environment (soil, air and water) during waste processing. The volume of investment in the area of safe management of medical waste in the Kingdom, estimated at 500 million, a figure he described as ' a little ' and that there are real opportunities for successful investment in this area in terms of expansion in existing as treatment plants or through new aspects such as effluent treatment or develop health or employment at trained or consumer requirements but maintain public health and environmental safety is the cornerstone of any investment.
The fourth paper addressed the investment in industrial waste by Homod Alotaibi of Saudi Aramco, said that the success factors in investment in industrial waste management rely on sound scientific methods and operational experience and a safe place, and partnership between the different stakeholders. He added that there are investments, most notably oil deposits that could be used in other products, noting that these deposits do not change even in the entry with other products, and the same turning household waste into energy, either a fifth paper Dr. Omar Bin Osman Agha, head of environmental engineering at the University of Riyadh reported on sustainable investment and security in industrial waste disposal ' challenges and solutions 'and stressed the need to serve the industry and future generations,
He stressed the need for a social awareness to reduce the production of waste, stressing the need to find new methods of waste management giant companies are dealing with the matter, said Agha to deal with waste is burned frequently, while there are areas of recycling are better than incineration or landfill. The construction waste that can be used in many products after the separation of iron, wood and cracking concrete products and reused in several areas, as well as household waste could be used to produce energy.
Sixth paper presented by Hamidi Alonaizi , Executive Director of the Middle East Al akstkom on the experience of successful investment in e-waste, e-waste has talked about the importance of the awareness of companies dealing in recycled while keeping the information that they contain. Calling for the cooperation of all for this purpose, creating tough laws. In conclusion Al-Hajri honored the speakers with a memorial.
