EGA: Waste management

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), has shipped around 5,000 tonnes of spent pot lining, a by-product from its industrial process, to Befesa, a company in the United Kingdom that specialises in waste management and recycling. Befesa will treat and recycle the spent pot lining to create useful raw materials for the cement, fibreglass and ceramics industries.  Spent pot lining is the worn out inner lining of aluminium smelting pots. The lining is typically replaced every four to five years. The global aluminium industry produces over one million tonnes of spent pot lining every year according to industry experts, much of which…