REXAM is a leading international consumer packaging company. The REXAM Egypt plant, established at the 6th of October City in 1997, manufactures beverage cans. The plant had acquired the ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001, and HACCP certifications.
The company intended to introduce process modifications in 2010, which were substituting the input material and installing a new production line. Environics was commissioned to carry out the EIA for the project, and prepare an Environmental Register (ER) for the facility , both required by the Egyptian environmental regulations.
Environics conducted document reviews and several site visits to prepare the EIA and ER. According to the Egyptian regulations, this project demanded a Form B EIA study, which covered the construction and operation phases, analyzed the environmental impacts, and introduced an environmental management plan.
Environics also produced the Environmental and Hazardous Materials and Wastes Registers for the facility, which included the processes and utilities; air emissions, workplace pollutants, and liquid and solid wastes; environmental management, and hazardous substances and wastes register.