The employees of Global Steel Dust Gulf, a privately owned company focused on the recycling of hazardous industrial waste, recently participated in an extensive cleanup campaign titled “Together for a Clean Environment” at the Alkhobar corniche. The cleanup drive was held in cooperation with the Friends of the Environment Association (Eastern Province), Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, the Eastern Province municipality, and the Asharqia Chamber.
On May 31, employees of the company gathered on location to collect land waste as well as construction debris at the corniche. The campaign targeted the removal of all sorts of waste, including fishing nets, ropes, wires, hoses, pipes, wood pieces, oars, plastic cans, bags, and plastic, metal and glass bottles. These waste materials are known to have an adverse effect on the landscape of the corniche, threatening both land and the environment.
The environmental drive is in line with the “Green Saudi Arabia” and “Green Middle East” initiatives announced by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Muhammad Al-Harbi, general manager of Global Steel Dust Gulf, said: “The company’s support for this campaign aims to spread knowledge and raise awareness about environmental issues as well as to establish a sense of individual and collective responsibility to preserve and improve the environment.
“The campaign also seeks to coordinate with official authorities, associations and individuals in implementing environmental and sustainability programs to preserve the environment and natural resources and prevent their degradation. Moreover, the goal is to develop appropriate human behaviors in dealing with the environment and mitigating all types of pollution by increasing the percentage of volunteer work and the number of volunteers in the community.”
The Global Steel Dust Gulf company recycles hazardous industrial waste and is involved in the disposing of about 50,000 tons of iron smelting waste annually, which is approximately the size of 40 football fields. During the past five years, the company treated more than 250,000 tons of hazardous industrial waste.