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Tackling the Industrial    Integrated Hazardous Waste
 Waste Challenge   Handling and Treatment Facility
             in North Batinah
 The prerequisite for setting up a robust   Industrial waste is categorised as hazardous if
 industrial waste management infrastructure is   it causes or poses a threat to a person or the   This facility will consist of an incineration plant, a   This facility is designed to treat oil and
 to look at the immediate challenges at hand   environment due to its physical, chemical or   physical and chemical treatment unit, a solidification   chemical waste. The project’s timeline has
 and incorporate solutions based on future   biological nature and mostly constitutes oil,   unit, 3 types of landfills to cater to different   been envisaged in a way that the operations
 projections while considering the economical and   chemical substances as well as compounds   requirements, and pre-treatment and storage units.   are rolled out in a phased manner.
 environmental effects as well as human health.  listed as hazardous by the government.

 Industrial waste is defined as any waste
 resulting from an industrial process.
 This includes waste generated in the oil and
 gas sector, from manufacturing processes and
 from energy/power and water production   Hazardous Waste Handling
 activities etc. The waste stream can be
 either hazardous or non-hazardous.  Facility in Duqm:

             Together with the Special Economic Zone             The facility also includes a storage and handling area
             Authority of Duqm (SEZAD), be’ah has finished       for industrial organic waste destined for incineration
             work on a hazardous waste landfill as well as       and industrial waste needing further treatment
             a storage facility in Duqm.                         before landfill disposal. The facility began operations
                                                                 in mid-2019.
              The waste handling facility is designed for both,
             municipal and industrial waste. The landfill can accept   Studies are also under way to assess the
             inorganic industrial waste with the highest values   requirements in Dhofar and of the oil fields to find
             defined in the landfill acceptance criteria.        a sustainable solution for the waste generated.



 Industrial Waste Infrastructure




 be’ah, having partnered with leading sustainability   -   An Integrated Hazardous Waste Handling
 and environment bodies across the world,      and Treatment Facility in North Batinah.   Current Status of the Integrated Hazardous Waste
 remains in a continuous state of research and      Handling and Treatment Facility
 up gradation. Like its policies, be’ah’s hazardous   -   A hazardous waste handlin facility
 waste management infrastructure is designed      and landfill in Duqm.
 and implemented in a manner that keeps the
 population’s and the environment’s best interests   500,000 m 3  400,000 m 3  400,000 m 3
 ahead. At the core of every solution is sustainability.


 be’ah is implementing sustainable solutions   Engineered   Engineered   Engineered   Storage areas  Solidification plant
 for treating industrial hazardous waste.   landfill   landfill   landfill
 The strategy involves establishing:
               For non leaching    For moderate         Secure landfill for  Operational    Ongoing as
               waste               leaching waste       waste with high                     per plan
                                                        leaching potential





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