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SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIP
West Coast Saubermacher (WCS) and Al Futtaim Motors - HINO talk about their exciting new truck partnership
T
he Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has thrown the importance of ensuring our cities are safe and clean onto the front pages of our newspapers. Few organisations have taken the threat more seriously than Tadweer, Abu Dhabi’s Center of Waste Management, which has rolled-out an unprecedented assault on the virus to keep its streets clean. The challenge for the companies tasked with handling waste disposal and collection for the emirate is to deliver world-class service 14
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while bringing the fight to the Coronavirus. Front and centre of this mobilisation is West Coast Saubermacher (WCS), a powerhouse partnership between the UAE’s leading waste collection West Coast firm and Saubermacher Austria. As one of the dominant players in the UAE market, they operate a fleet of over 700 units which handles non-hazardous solid waste collection services for commercial, municipal, industrial and residential customers in more than 1,000 locations throughout the UAE. For many years, WCS has been serving Tadweer by collecting and then transferring
The performance in the field is what counts the most”
waste – cleaning the streets, coastline and beaches of Abu Dhabi – before separating all the recyclable waste and green waste for reuse in the production of fertilisers. Speaking to T&FME, West Coast Group’s General Manager Dany Rmeily, says that the partnership continues to expand and was recently awarded two major contracts with Tadweer which involve the provision of municipal solid waste collection and transportation – as well as street sweeping and cleaning services – for two sprawling areas (Lot 3 and Lot 5) in the emirate. To fulfil this new contract, it has sought meconstructionnews.com
