PECS/ECARU RDF facility Sudan Presently, the waste of Khartoum after removal of organic material, plastic bottles etc is dumped in a prepared landfill outside Khartoum. This waste consists of uncollectible and non-recyclable pieces of plastic, wood, glass, metals etc. The aim of the project is to recover combustible waste (RDF) with a high caloric value by removing the glass, stones and metals.This RDF can be used by the cement industry replacing the expensive daily diesel fuel consumption.The applicant is the Egyptian Company for Solid Waste Recycling (ECARU) and the local partner is PECS that owns a Waste Sorting Plant in Khartoum State.The partners will establish a new joint venture called PECS/ECARU Refuse Derived Fuel facility Ltd.The project will use rejected waste streams to recover energy and minerals. With a RDF production of 45,000 tons, 50,000 tons of CO2 per year will be saved.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The local partner does not have a formal CSR policy.Currently, the company conforms to all national regulations regarding the safety and welfare of employees which are laid down in the Sudanese Labour laws. What they do have is a HSE policy.They follow the Labour law of Sudan: 8% of the wages of their staff goes into a social security scheme. The company adds 17% so a total of 25% goes into their pensions. They do not engage in child nor forced labour and they provide their staff with the needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (safety clothing, safety shoes, masks, goggles and gloves).They provide on the job training and encourages and support financially its employees in attaining advanced degrees, certificates or other designations related to their professional area of responsibilities.The applicant has:• ISO 9001certificate of quality;• ISO 14001 in the environment;• BS OHSAS 18001:2007 certificate in occupational safety and health (Safety Management System).Once this project is taking off, they will design a separate CSR policy and HRM policy for the joint venture and will apply the HSE policy to the new joint venture as well. Safety is a priority for both partners and they will provide a safe working environment for their staff.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe joint venture will employ 48 full-time staff in year 2 at full production of 45,000MT.27 of them will be basic-level, 21 medium-/high-level.Wages will be twice the minimum wage (50 USD).Labour contracts will include the opportunity to improve his/her position by education, training and good job performance. Staff benefits will be laid down in the HMR Policy.The employees will benefit from this project by receiving training and know-how. This will strengthen their position on the labour market in general.Medical insurance for our staff will be provided. All issues will be laid down on the joint venture’s CSR and HRM policy. The joint venture will at least include policy on: employment standards, workplace health and safety, gender policy, non-discrimination policy, child labour, employee participation, chain responsibility, measures to prevent corruption, how to deal with red tape.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe production of refuse derived fuel (RDF) in Sudan is new. RDF is made from rejected waste and will be sold to the cement industry.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliersThe intended RDF plant will buy Reject Waste from the Waste Sorting Plant per MT. As it takes 2 MT waste to make 1 MT of RDF, this means that the very last waste which is left and cannot be made into RDF will be land filled. So much less waste will end up on the landfill (saves cost and land).Omdurman Material Recovery Project (the Waste Sorting Plant) – which is the only business of its kind in Sudan -can provide further industries with not less than 450 tons daily of waste rejects which can be increased to double when RDF is commonly used as partial substitution of Diesel/fuel oil.As plastic is the most viable source of RDF, it will give an incentive to collect the abundant plastic waste in and around Khartoum.Impact on local customers or consumersAs prices of RDF are well below the price of diesel and subsidies on diesel will be stopped, using RDF for local consumers may decide if their business is profitable or not.•	Impact on the sectorThe joint venture will use local services in the form of technical services (repair, some spare parts etc), accountancy and transport and logistics services.Their suppliers of raw materials will be the Omdurman Waste Sorting Plant.Due to the joint venture’s RDF project the Waste Sorting plant will need to hire 30 to 40 additional employees as they will have to supply us with sorted waste. This is an additional indirect employment impact.•	EnvironmentPlastic products as plastic bags etc have at present no value and pollute dramatically Khartoum and the surrounding areas. The most valuable input for RDF is plastics. The project will make it attractive to collect plastic and as such the project will contribute to clean the desert.Waste management in the world is heading for a new era. New political, social and economic approaches are needed for the safe treatment of waste. Whereas land filling has historically been a common solution, material and energy recovery are now demanded by new legislation and reflect growing environmental concern. When material recovery is no longer feasible, energy-efficient use should be made of the calorific value within the waste. Optimum recovery of energy in waste can be achieved by producing fuels. They can be referred to as an RDF fuel.The preparation and use of RDF contributes to- landfill diversion;- reductions of CO2 emissions;- a safe waste solution.The problem of the enormous amount of plastic bags that is polluting the area in and around Khartoum will be solved as plastic is the most valuable source for RDF. Collecting plastic waste will be attractive as a price will be paid for plastic bags.•	Position of womenThe joint venture will employ 30% woman. The Waste Sorting plant staff is 70% women but in the pilot project the manual labour is hard on women.Number of women employed (FTE): 14.Number of women in medium high-level jobs (FTE): 4. To establish a RDF fuel production plant with a capacity of 45,000 tons RDF, using rejected waste from Khartoum.