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EGA to open new recycling centres in schools

Emirates Global Aluminium celebrates the opening of a new recycling centre at Ibin Seena School in Abu Dhabi. The initiative is part of a waste management awareness campaign and will be conducted in five schools in collaboration with Emirates Environmental Group (EEG). Additionally, EGA will plant a total of 150 trees at the schools this year.

Emirates Global Aluminium celebrates the opening of a new recycling centre at Ibin Seena School in Abu Dhabi. The initiative is part of a waste management awareness campaign and will be conducted in five schools in collaboration with Emirates Environmental Group (EEG). Additionally, EGA will plant a total of 150 trees at the schools this year.

The recycling centre will have facilities for three types of disposals: paper, plastic and aluminium cans. Monthly and end-of-year reports will be generated by EEG to track the volume of materials collected for recycling, along with the carbon emissions mitigated, trees saved, and landfill avoided. At the end of the year, the top three schools will be awarded for their recycling efforts.

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Khalid Buhmaid, Senior Vice President, Government Relations said: “As a major recycler of industrial waste, EGA has always sought to operate in a sustainable way as we aim to meet our environmental and social responsibilities. The opening of this new recycling centre is part of EGA’s strong commitment to protecting the environment. Through this initiative, we aim to raise awareness about recycling and waste management amongst students, while also taking action into limiting waste.”

Since 2010, EGA has invested almost USD1 billion in environmental technologies and facilities to reduce and manage its emissions and waste. EGA’s long term aim is to send zero process waste to landfill, and the company engages with other industries to find productive uses for its waste streams.

EGA’s biggest single contribution to environmental sustainability is the continuous improvement over decades of its core industrial processes, reducing costs and environmental emissions.

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