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Mr. Man-wai Chang

On 18/1/2017 5:12 AM, wrote:

Let me tell you a little story: Between 2002 and 2005, I managed a residential compound in Saudi Arabia. We had a school of 600, about 1,300 residents, 40,000 s.f. of professional offices, a major Consulate, two supermarkets, so on and so forth. Our daytime population was well over 2,000. We made our own water (deep wells), processed our own sewer on site and more. Because our base water was not brackish, or distilled, when we processed it through either of our two treatment plants, it was cleaner than the local municipal water (which was not bad at all). As we could not reuse it for drinking (high "YUK!" factor), we used it for irrigation. We had the greenest compound in the region, and the only full-grass soccer pitch in the province. But, what of the sludge? We chelated it for heavy metals (cheap and added phosphorus), and then contributed the sludge to local farmers (Look up Milorganite for a parallel process). The local farmers repaid us by setting up a Farmers' Market in the compound every weekend - at significant discounts to the local shops - even our own supermarkets. We also started a recycling program by polling local factories on what their feedstock needs might be - and then separating our solid waste accordingly. We saved money (literally by the ton), time and developed relationships that are still in place to this day. The rest of the Kingdom pretty much still follows the DiD (Dump-in-Desert) practice. It does not take much to recycle with care and attention.

Thank you sharing, Your Honor!

But your compound was not a computer factory. The recycling job is a lot
less complicated. My guess was mobile phones were imported rather than
manufactured in that little compound.

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