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DOHA: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has signed an agreement with a Malaysian Company to conduct a study on the management of industrial waste in the Industrial area.
Nasser Ali Al Mowlawi, General Manager, Ashghal signed he agreement with the Malaysian company Quality’s Director Asman Adin Haq Ahmed on Monday.
The study, which is expected to be completed within eight months, includes field survey and creating data base regarding the types of wastes being dumped in the area. The study would also suggest the cutting-edge technology that could be used for managing the industrial waste in eco-friendly way.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Environment has announced its decision to set up a national working group to implement the national plans for natural waste management in the oil and gas industries.
The panel includes all concerned government agencies and companies, including the representatives from the Ministry of Environment, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Steel Company, Occidental Petroleum of Qatar, Qatar Shell Company, Maersk Oil Qatar, Baker Hughes and Schlumberger Companies.
The national plan aims at counting all the companies that generate radioactive materials and considering the alternatives for disposing of waste in the future as well as adopting an implementation regulation of the national radioactive waste from law No.31 of 2002 on the prevention of radiation.
The natural radioactive waste is a throw away resulting from the process of extracting and refining oil and gas and some industries of the radioactive materials from underground, which may endanger the human beings and the environment to radiation of low activity in most cases.
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