EMSD has handled and disposed of a considerable amount of industrial and chemical waste in an environmentally responsible manner over the years. The Asbestos Removal Programme for example was completed in 1995.

Apart from asbestos, we also manage the disposal of a number of hazardous materials in the delivery of our services. Though these cover a range of items, major areas of disposal are spent oil, paints and solvents, CFC refrigerants,vehicle tyres, vehicle batteries and damaged plastic traffic bollards. Under our stringent management systems, all items are carefully stored, transported and recycled where possible, before being disposed of under regulatory requirements. At the same time, we take a proactive approach to prevent excessive use of these substances to ensure minimal generation of such waste.

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As mentioned earlier, CFCs are burned as the safest means of disposal, used car tyres and plastic traffic bollards are cut up for recycling and car batteries have the electrolyte solution drained out of the disused battery into specially designed drums for correct disposal. Whenever possible, these materials are reused or recycled.

* Waste Paper collected at EMSD offices for recycling: 5,891kg