BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 20. Azerbaijan's ASCO, one of the AZCON Holding companies, constantly pays attention to minimizing the negative environmental impacts of liquid and solid waste generated as a result of the operation of ships and the activities of coastal facilities on water sources, soil, and air, Trend reports.
To achieve this objective, requisite precautionary protocols are implemented throughout operational procedures, and the secure elimination of byproducts is meticulously guaranteed.
From January through September 2025, 83 m³ of plastic, 414.2 m³ of food waste, 434.7 m³ of household waste (paper-cardboard, scrap, glass, metal, etc.), 35.6 m³ of operational waste, 184.2 m³ of oil residue-sludge, 2,663 m³ of subfloor lye water, and 73,419 m³ of household wastewater were transferred from ASCO ships and removed from the area.
During this period, 14 tons of burnt mold sand, 1,406 tons of abrasive (rust-paint-gravel-sand mixture from the ship's hull), 59,045 tons of domestic wastewater, 1,123 tons of oily subfloor-lye water, 157.5 tons of lubricating oil, 3,413 m³ of domestic waste (paper-cardboard, wood, scrap, glass, metal, bottles, etc.), 482 m³ of food waste, 166.8 m³ of polymer-based and plastic waste, 71 m³ of oily and oily waste, 102.8 m³ of rubber waste, 170.6 m³ of operational waste, and 0.084 m³ of medical waste were delivered to ASCO's coastal facilities.
In the same period, 0.66 tons of paper, 0.58 tons of plastic, 14.9 tons of ferrous metal, and 5.4 tons of non-ferrous metal were sent for recycling.
