Bahrain recycling industry hit by slump in oil prices
Recycling companies in
Bahrain say they are bearing the brunt of a slide in oil prices. With commodities now being cheaper, companies are saying it's harder for them to make a profit.
SHOWS: MANAMA, BAHRAIN (MAY 4, 2016) (
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1. WORKERS AND VEHICLES AT A RECYCLING PLANT
2. VARIOUS OF PILES OF
METAL SCRAP
3.
MEN WITH
SAFETY GEAR WORKING
4. WORKER WITH
HELMET USING A WELDING
GUN
5. FORKLIFT AT THE RECYCLING PLANT
6. MANAGING DIRECTOR, CROWN INDUSTRIES,
ALI A. RAHMAN AL-SAAD, WORKING AT
HIS DESK
7. (SOUNDBITE) (
English) MANAGING DIRECTOR, CROWN INDUSTRIES, ALI A. RAHMAN AL-SAAD, SAYING:
"The way that we have been affected with the prices of oil in the world is that productivity has reduced worldwide and as such the demand for scrap is less. The quantity that we have can always have a buyer, but as a result of the lower demand, the price has really, really gone down over the past few years."
8.
STACK OF PRESSED ALUMINIUM
CANS
9. EMPTY ALUMINIUM CANS IN A DUMPSTER
10. ALUMINIUM PALLETS AFTER BEING RECYCLED
11. WORKER OPERATING FORKLIFT
12. WORKER OPENING CONTAINER WITH ALUMINIUM
RAW MATERIAL
13.
SAAD AT HIS OFFICE DESK
14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANAGING DIRECTOR, CROWN INDUSTRIES, ALI A.RAHMAN AL-SAAD, SAYING:
"Well, to tell you that in good times we have had a turnover in excess of
10 million B.D. which has reduced significantly about 35-40 percent of sales gone down."
15. VARIOUS OF
ISO CERTIFICATES ON
WALL
16. VARIOUS OF WATER BOTTLES BEING CRUSHED
17. SHREDDED PLASTIC PIECES
18. PLASTIC BOTTLE
COVERS
19. ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARDS IN
BAG
20. VARIOUS OF COPPER AND STEEL AT STORE IN FACTORY
21. EXTERIOR OF FACTORY ENTRANCE
22. FORKLIFT PUSHING CARDBOARD TOWARDS ESCALATORS
23. CARDBOARDS ON ESCALATOR
24. STACK OF CARDBOARDS BEING PULLED OUT OF VEHICLE
25. WORKERS SORTING
WASTE PAPER
26. MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AL MAJID PLASTIC AND RECYCLING FACTORY AND BAHRAIN CONTRACT CLEANING, HAMEED AL MAJID, TALKING TO STAFF
27. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AL MAJID PLASTIC AND RECYCLING FACTORY AND BAHRAIN CONTRACT CLEANING, HAMEED AL MAJID, SAYING:
"For us Bahrain here we have between 1.8 million, it's going to jump to 2 million tonnes of refuse every year dumped in the ground."
28. VARIOUS AT PAPER IN FACTORY
29. COMPRESSION MACHINE OPERATING
30. OPERATING
SWITCH CONTROL BOX
31. SHREDDED PAPER
32. MAJID
SPEAKING ON TELEPHONE
33. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AL MAJID PLASTIC AND RECYCLING FACTORY AND BAHRAIN CONTRACT CLEANING, HAMEED AL MAJID, SAYING:
"We export
it also to India,
Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, and
China."
34. WORKER WALKING IN PAPER FACTORY
35. MAJID WORKING AT HIS DESK
36. (SOUNBITE) (English) MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AL MAJID PLASTIC AND RECYCLING FACTORY AND BAHRAIN CONTRACT CLEANING, HAMEED AL MAJID, SAYING:
"Losses we have, almost an impact of 40 percent."
37. STACK OF BAILS OF PAPER
38. FORKLIFT TRANSPORTING
STACKS OF PAPER
39. EXTERIOR OF AL MAJID FACTORY
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