Renewable Energy & Sustainability Heroes by GineersNow Engineering GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue No. 017, Ren | Page 53

ENVIROL Groundbreaking Ceremony
Envirol reveals move to upgrade and expand food waste recycling plant in Dubai.
Envirol, a joint venture initiative between Dubai
Municipality and BLUE (a member of Alserkal
Group), has revealed its plans to expand
and upgrade its current recycling facilities in
Dubai. The announcement was made during
a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion
at the Envirol Recycling Plant in Al Aweer. The
expansion work for the recycling plant, which
is the MENA region’s first grease trap waste
treatment plant, is expected to be completed
before the end of the year.
Present during the groundbreaking ceremony
were Talib Abdulkarim Julfar, Assistant Director
General for Environmental Services and Public
Health, Dubai Municipality; Ahmad bin Eisa
Alserkal, Chairman, BLUE; and other senior
officials. To date, the current capacity of the Al
Aweer plant is around 50,000 gallons of waste
per day–the completion of the new expansion
and upgrade of its equipment and infrastructure
will now allow Envirol to handle 100,000 gallons,
which is double the amount of fat, oil, and grease
(FOG) waste generated by commercial kitchens
located across Dubai on a daily basis.
Envirol solely targets waste produced by food
establishments and eateries across Dubai.
Grease traps, which are a common feature in
these restaurants and busy food outlets, work by
separating fats, oil, and grease from waste water.
Dubai Municipality has mandated ‘the installation
of grease traps in every kitchen, along with its
proper cleaning, sending of mandatory report
and kitchen should deal only with permitted
grease trap waste contractor, with all waste being
transported to Envirol for recycling.’
“The country’s hospitality segment has
witnessed rapid growth over the years, with food
establishments producing massive amounts of
food waste every day–prompting authorities to
raise their concerns on what to do with these
wastes,” said Elham Pourtangestani, Plant
Manager, Envirol. “Being a leading edible oil
waste recycling facility and the only grease trap
waste treatment plant in the Middle East, Envirol
remains steadfast in its commitment to provide
smart waste management solutions through the
use of innovative and efficient technologies. The
planned expansion of our facilities is expected to
help address the challenge of recycling millions
of tons of FOG waste generated by more than
14,000 food establishments in Dubai.”
The plant’s expansion proves to be a very timely
and strategic move as the need to properly
recycle FOG waste has become increasingly
urgent. The reduction of FOG waste entering
drains and sewers is important as it helps
decrease the risk of flooding, back-ups and
promulgation of foul odors. These facilities
discharge their FOG waste at the Envirol plant
through the services of accredited grease trap
waste cleaning companies. Envirol plays a
significant role in being environmentally conscious
since the waste that is taken to the plant goes
into the process and produces Fertilizer, Water,
and Oil that can be reused for composting,
irrigation and detergent industries respectively.
“Whether it’s cleaning, recycling, repurposing
or reusing waste materials, Envirol stands true
to its commitment to make sure businesses
in Dubai can work responsibly without having
a negative impact on the earth. In fact, our
recycling and refining efforts makes it possible to
attain further use of these waste bi-products–not
only reducing the dumping receptors perimeters
but also leaving an environmentally clean and
green impact on the community and the UAE
as a whole,” concluded Mohammed Al Kaabi,
Managing Director, BLUE.