EMAL LAUNCHES WASTE REDCUTION CAMPAIGN

- Senior Leadership Urge Employees to Mark World Environment Day by Reducing Waste throughout Plant

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) has launched a waste reduction campaign across its all operation areas in the Taweelah-based smelter to celebrate the World Environment Day.

EMALs strategy for waste management is based on the 5 R principles of reduction, reuse, recycling, resource recovery and responsible disposal. Of the five, the primary focus is reducing the amount of waste we create in the first place. If we do that, then it stands to reason that we reduce our reliance on the other four principles, said EMAL President and CEO Saeed Fadhel Al Mazrooei.

A month long awareness campaign will be enacted to ensure employees understand methods of reducing waste in their offices and operational areas. Special attention will be paid to ensuring unnecessary supplies are not ordered and that proper storage procedures are followed to preserve the integrity of both office supplies and production material throughout the plant.

Our employees are proud to be part of a company that pays close attention to the environmental impact we make, but we want them to understand that they can make an individual difference too. By changing small behaviors they too can have a positive impact on the environment, continued Mazrooei.

This will be the second year that EMAL has used World Environment Day as an opportunity to talk to employees about conservation issues. Last year, EMAL commemorated the world environment day with its first tree planting day activity.