Oman’s biggest industrial waste treatment facility to be fully ready by 2025

Oman’s biggest industrial waste treatment facility to be fully ready by 2025

A major industrial waste treatment facility – the biggest of its kind in the Sultanate of Oman – has commenced operations in the Wilayat of Suhar in North Al Batinah Governorate.

When fully completed over multiple phases – tentatively by the year 2025 - it will be equipped to handle all kinds of industrial and hazardous waste generated in the country.

According to Oman Environmental Services Holding Co (be’ah), the state-owned entity overseeing the management of solid waste services in the Sultanate of Oman, Phase 1 of the Sohar facility has been completed and is now operational. It includes three landfills, as well as an open and closed area for industrial waste. In Phase 2 of its development, the facility will incorporate a solidification plant, as well as lab installations.

Following the start-up of operations at the Sohar Industrial Waste Treatment Facility, a temporary waste storage area set up in nearby Liwa is being phased out, with all of its waste held in storage being moved to Sohar.

Modern industrial waste treatment and disposal infrastructure is key to sustaining the growth of a thriving industrial and manufacturing sector in the country, as well as waste generating sectors, such as Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals and