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Amount Of ELT Waste Received Per END OF LIFE VEHICLES (ELV)

Month At be’ah’s Facilities: ELV are vehicles that reached the end of their
• SOUTH AL SHARQIYAH - 1.58 TONS useful life, as a result, every component or ma-

• SOUTH AL BATINAH - 550 TONS terial in that vehicle is waste. The development

• AL DAKHILYAH - 17.34 TONS and commercialization of the End of Life Ve-
hicles waste stream is still on its initial stages;
• AL DHAHIRAH - 30.79 TONS however, be’ah finalized the study with respect
• AL BURAIMI- 2.42 TONS to environmental impact, data collection, and

• MUSCAT 1.66 TONS data analysis.

LEAD ACID BATTERIES (LAB)

LAB contain lead and sulfuric acid and are used as
a source of power. Lead Acid Batteries are most-
ly found in cars and the lead is considered toxic.

In consequence, drawing public’s attention to the
importance of safe disposal has become a priori-
ty. The LAB waste processing facility in Al- Rusayl,

operated by a local Omani company, started its
official operations at the beginning of 2017. be’ah
established a collection mechanism for LAB by reg-
istering approved collectors and connecting them
to major generators of this waste stream across the

Sultanate such as Orpic and PDO and signed MoUs
with each of Mwaslat, Omantel, and Bank Muscat.

WASTE ELECTRONIC AND ELEC-
TRICAL EQUIPMENT (WEEE)

WEEE is one of the fastest growing waste streams
and contains diverse substances of toxic chemi-
cals that pose significant environmental and health

risks, if handled, treated and disposed of inade-
quately. The recycling of WEEE provides huge op-
portunities for the market in terms of availability of

secondary raw materials.
WEEE will also be commercialized during the de-
velopment stages of the stream management.
be’ah has already allocated a site to receive and
store WEEE and is currently collaborating with

major stakeholders and different generators to en-
sure safe storage and disposal of this waste stream.

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