Aldar Deploys State of the Art Waste Management System on Yas Island

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(ABU DHABI, UAE) -- As final preparations continue for the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a new automated vacuum waste management system is ready for the food wrappers, soda containers, and discarded magazines that are found at major sports events. The litter will be hygienically whisked away underground through a series of pipes, at up to 75km/h. Above ground, trials for the Grand Prix begin tomorrow.

The Yas Island automated vacuum waste management system, which with 43 inlet points and 5.3km of pipes can handle 40 tons of waste every day, services the whole of this major new leisure and entertainment destination, including the Formula 1 circuit, Ferrari World, seven hotels and the marina.

This system saves up to 90 percent of garbage truck journey times, reducing carbon dioxide emissions and making the local environment healthier and more pleasant. Motors at the collection stations create the vacuum that sucks the waste through tubes to be compacted and sorted, and finally transported to an off-site waste facility. Each truck carries two or three times the amount of waste of conventional pick-ups.

Aldar Properties installed the system with the Centre for Waste Management Abu Dhabi. Similar vacuum systems are already being used by residents across the water from Yas Island at the waterfront development at Al Bandar and will soon be operational at Aldar HQ.

H.E Hamad Al Amiri, General Manager, the Centre of Waste Management - Abu Dhabi explained how the new system works. "Unlike conventional waste management strategies, which use trucks on daily pick-up routes, domestic waste is deposited by hand at one of the convenient and hygienic inlet points, which provide separate chutes for recyclable and non-recyclable materials," he said.

Sami Asad, Aldar's new CEO, said, "With the convenience of a central compressed waste store, our initial studies show that for every 30km the trucks drive along conventional pick-up routes, now they will travel only 1km."

 

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