Founded in Italy in 1990, Lavajet is an international provider of turnkey Integrated Solid Waste Management Services (ISWMS) and a recognized leader in waste management with a proven record worldwide for achieving the highest standards of excellence.
In-line with our policy to provide clients with environmental friendly services with the highest standards, Lavajet delivers innovative and environmentally responsible solutions that help public and local governments, industries, and businesses, reduce their impact on the environment by safely handling their ever increasing and diversified solid waste stream,” highlights Sarkis Azour, CEO of Lavajet Middle East.
Presently Lavajet operates in Italy, Al Ain in the UAE, Lebanon and Ivory Coast in Africa. With its head quarters in Lebanon Lavajet ME has become the leading regional waste management company and has executed several as well as continues to work on extensive projects in all the countries that it operates. The company employs more than 3,000 engineers, administrators, technicians, and a highly trained labour force. The Lavajet team, supported by its roven waste management methodologies and worldwide experience, services over 1.5 million residents worldwide.
Comprehensive waste management services
According to Camille Ghantous, Area Manager of Lavajet UAE and Oman, “The ISWMSs offered by Lavajet encompass solid waste collection (commercial, residential, agricultural, hospital, slaughterhouse, and industrial wastes) and transfer, street sweeping and sand removal (mechanical and manual), litter picking, street cleaning and cleansing, guard rails cleaning and maintenance, and design, build and operate solid waste treatment facilities (sorting, composting, and landfilling).” With its strategic partners, Lavajet can extend its services to the treatment of medical and hazardous waste and implement waste-to-energy facilities (WEF). In addition, Lavajet is well equipped to reclaim old open dumpsites and turn them into beneficial real estates.
The Waste Management Services - from waste collection to treatment - provided by Lavajet benefit from periodic improvements and innovative solutions brought about by the continuous research and development conducted in-house, which are country and location specific.
For instance, with the use of its modern fleet of vehicles and mechanical equipment, Lavajet undertakes mechanical and manual sweeping methods to continuously provide sand-free streets and pavements that will in turn reduce the possibility of vehicle accidents while adhering to the highest health and safety standards. To perform cleaning and cleansing services, Lavajet utilizes the latest technologies in water jet equipment.
When Lavajet performs municipal solid waste collection, it is done in innovative ways based on continuous research and development of waste management solutions, which have enabled the company to transport large volumes of waste daily from different types of containers and collection points to the designated disposal sites.
Recycling is a commitment with Lavajet, which earnestly protects natural resources for future generations by dedicating itself to raise awareness and educate the public about the different aspects of the recycling process. In addition, the company provides complimentary waste bins specially designed for the collection and disposal of segregated solid waste to the designated destination.
Lavajet converts organic and green waste into reusable compost. The industrial and automated equipment that Lavajet uses transforms such waste into finely divided and loose material consisting of decomposed organic matter that is used as high quality compost. Materials that cannot be composted, reused, recovered, and recycled are safely disposed off in landfills with minimal impact on the environment using the Lavajet expert-driven methodology and machinery.
Lavajet in the UAE
The rapid development in the UAE and Arabian Gulf region, population growth, industrial diversification and construction activities have led forecasters to predict that the countries here will invest billions of dollars in the waste management sector over the next few years. Lavajet with its vast international experience in the waste management field is ideally equipped and suited to provide innovative solutions to not only protect the environment but also support the region’s tremendous growth.“We are turning each single opportunity into a dynamic action, where we can prove ourselves in terms of commitment, professionalism and success,” Ghantous explained. “Since we began our operations in the UAE, we have found the UAE to be very receptive to Lavajet. We are honoured, and at the same time optimistic about getting the same kind of support in the future as well. Presently, we are tendering for some projects in other emirates to expand our operations and presence in the UAE. As a contribution to our CSR (Corporate Social responsibility), that is the most important aspect to increase and prove our social accountability. We are ISO and OHSAS certified and fulfil all the requirements such as customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, process approach, system approach to management, continual improvement, factual approach to decision making and mutual beneficial supplier relationship.”
The Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (ADWMC) is playing a leading role in the conservation and enhancement of the Environment in the Emirate by coordinating the policy, strategy and contractual systems of waste management across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Lavajet is actively cooperating with the ADWMC to deliver the best service for Al AIN residence.
Educating the public about waste management
Lavajet is a strong believer in harnessing its skills within conventional specialized operations scaffold that helps in civilizing waste management contributions. The organization also believes that maintaining a clean and waste-free environment is a course of action that involves not only the waste management companies, but also the people that vigorously manoeuvre within the surroundings. Therefore Lavajet has contributed to quite a lot of public awareness including educational programs and events to help people comprehend and conform to establishing and maintaining a clean, healthy and green environment. Under these educational programs, Lavajet has launched interactive, instructional games in Arabic, English and French to educate children about the environment. Along with these games there are also public awareness campaigns that have highlighted the importance of environmental protection in Al Ain municipality.
Ghantous says, “We are aiming to make a positive difference to the environment in every aspect and are focused on customer satisfaction. We are a business-oriented company intending to build strong relationships with the public through one-to-one visits, surveys and toll-free hotlines so that we can give them better and efficient service.”
Lavajet has a dedicated team in education, graphic design and advertising to come up with innovative ideas to raise the awareness of the public and to lift the image of waste management. These include cartoon illustrations and videos to explain the recycling process, an interactive game to teach waste segregation, colouring book about recycling, and recycling awareness campaigns for schools in Italy and Lebanon. Even in the UAE, many campaigns are being held targeting a wide variety of audience from youth to families and the results have been very encouraging and promising.
The onward march of Lavajet
The Vision of the company reads, “At Lavajet, we strive to be among the leading waste management services providers in every market that we enter. We plan to enhance waste management operations in 2009 by putting more emphasis on green services. This is in line with the company’s policy to provide clients with environment friendly services of highest standards.”
Lavajet operates in accordance with international standards and is focused on the health and safety of the environment where it operates, on the communities it serves, and on its dedicated employees that bring the best quality service that Lavajet offers to its customers and to the public at large.
With its sound values such as operational excellence, partnership with employees, customers and suppliers, team spirit among staff members, customer satisfaction along with care and respect for humans and the environment, Lavajet continues to enjoy an enviable reputation among the individuals and the communities that it
