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Dr. Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad, Minister of Environment & Water; Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality; Mr. Kenji Saito, Japanese Consul General in Dubai; Mr. Essa Al Ghurair, Director, ETA Star Group and Mr. Syed M. Salahuddin, Managing Director, ETA Star Group and senior officials of the Municipality in front of the newly inaugurated medical waste treatment plant.
Region’s largest medical waste incinerator
DM and Zenath Group team up to set up world’s second-of-its-kind plant
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he UAE’s first and largest vertical medical incinerator is also the world’s secondof-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 Dh 24 million-incinerator has a total treatment capacity of 19.2 tonnes of medical waste per day on a 24 hour continuous run. Dr. Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad, Minister of Environment & Water inaugurated the medical waste treatment plant recently. Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, Mr. Kenji Saito, Japanese Consul General in Dubai, Mr. Essa Al Ghurair, Director, ETA Star Group and Mr. Syed M. Salahuddin, Managing Director, ETA Star Group
and senior officials of the Municipality were present on the occasion. Mr. Lootah, said: “The new incinerator represents the use of intelligent technology. Its design allows for high energy efficiency and environment friendly emissions. There has never been a better time to introduce this treatment facility, given the steady increase in the number of healthcare facilities in Dubai,” he added. Lootah said that private companies as well as individuals can bring hazardous medical waste to this facility. Reinforcing the group’s commitment to environmental safety and public health, Mr. Salahuddin, said: “Emissions captured from the new medical waste incinerator with double bag filter have been put through extensive tests. Results revealed that
the quality of emissions were far better than expected - making it the second incinerator in the world that meets the highest control of emission norms and purity standards.” Mr. J.S.A. Bukhari, Executive Director, Zenath Group, pointed out that “The total medical waste generated in Dubai is approximately six tonnes per day, but is expected to double with the upcoming facilities in Healthcare City. The current spare capacity could therefore be utilised to treat hazardous, non hazardous industrial waste and municipal solid waste including sewage sludge.” 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 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. This technology was first incorporated in Japan and has been successfully used over the last 15 years.
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Omniyat’s fit-out partner
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mniyat Property Services (OPS), a division of Omniyat Asset Management, have appointed Kinnarps Project Solutions (KPS), a leading commercial interior design and build company, to partner in the complete turnkey fit out of Omniyat’s three premier projects; One Business Bay, Bayswater and the Square - all set to be completed this year. Lloyd Budd, Commercial Director of Omniyat Asset Management, explained: “This is another milestone
towards providing our customers with a personal, seamless, end-toend property management solution. Through a single point of contact, Omniyat customers can now manage, design, fit-out and lease their property. With tenants now demanding a fit out solution before committing to a lease, I am pleased to announce that we appointed KPS to provide our clients with tailored, turnkey fit-out solutions.” KPS will create full packages unique to the client’s brief and
needs, and manage the complete process from original concept design through to final completion, providing practical design advice and adding value to the build-ability of the proposed solution. Chris Watson, Managing Director of KPS noted: “KPS’ array of fit-out solutions include; superior quality materials in base building works, partitions and custommade furniture, fully integrated IT & audio/visual solutions, security and phone systems.”
“Utilising the combined purchasing power of both KPS and Omniyat, we are able to offer landlords and tenants the best possible rates in the market regardless of unit size, and have tested this through a rigorous tender process involving six leading commercial fit out companies operating in Dubai,” adds Budd. Financing options for fit out are also available through Independent Finance, one of Omniyat’s partners.