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Date(s) - 22 February 2014
12:00 am

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Kuwait – February 22 – 2014 — EQUATE Petrochemical Company, Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association (GPCA) and Environment Public Authority (EPA) organized a beach clean-up day as part of the “Waste Free Environment” campaign launched by GPCA.

With the participation of over 500 persons, EQUATE employees cooperated with students from a number of Kuwaiti schools, teachers and EPA staff in cleaning up a part of Kuwait’s beachfront at Anjafa Beach.

The region wide campaign was proposed by GPCA for its member companies, grouping EQUATE (a founding member of GPCA) and several others, to organize such an community awareness campaign within their respective communities through public engagement and participation. Through this initiative and cooperation with GPCA and EPA, EQUATE extends its commitment and collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to reflect its tagline “Partners in Success.”

Within its ongoing efforts to preserve the environment and as part of its overall sustainability strategy in Kuwait, EQUATE continues to make a positive difference in the community. EQUATE has launched throughout the years a number of initiatives including the Middle East’s First Plant Water Recycling Project and Kuwait’s First Green Carbon Project which contribute towards its Environmental objective as part of its sustainability efforts.

Established in 1995, EQUATE is an international joint venture between Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Boubyan Petrochemical Company (BPC) and Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC). Commencing production in 1997, EQUATE is the single operator of a fully integrated world-scale manufacturing facility producing over 5 million tons annually of high-quality petrochemical products which are marketed throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe.