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'UAE region's leader in waste management'
Abu Dhabi, July 7, 2008 (WAM) - The UAE, one of the biggest producers of waste in the region, is also a leading country in the GCC in terms of waste management projects, according to a recent report.
Currently, GCC countries rank in the top 10 of world waste producers with 120 million tons of waste
generated per year. The UAE and Saudi Arabia produce the most waste.
However, GCC countries are now responding to their responsibilities and the
growing requirement of waste management, according to officials who released
latest data at a press conference held recently to announce an upcoming
waste management summit according to a report in 'The Gulf Today.'
Providing facts and figures on the waste management initiatives in GCC
countries, the report showed that the UAE is spending billions for waste
management and recycling projects. Various municipalities in the UAE either
launch their own projects or collaborate with private companies for joint
ventures. Once completed, many of these projects would be the first in their
categories.
Detailing the initiatives of the capital city, the report said, the
Government of Abu Dhabi would spend approximately Dh500 million over 10
years for the operation and management of municipal solid waste treatment
and disposal in the emirate in collaboration with the private sector. Abu
Dhabi Municipality has awarded another recycling project for home solid
wastes valued at Dh1.27 billion.
The capital is soon likely to be home to one of the only three recycling
factory in the world that produces plastic of high quality to be used for
food and drink containers. This facility, which will be big enough to
recycle 2.4 million plastic bottles a day, is being built at Abu Dhabi
Industrial City.
Abu Dhabi's pioneering project to build a zero-carbon and zero-waste city,
Masdar City will produce no carbon dioxide and will recycle its waste to
create energy. This new energy and technology carbon-neutral community is
expected to open in 2009, covering six square kilometres.
Al Ain municipality has signed a contract worth Dh279 million with
Sharjah-based Austrian joint venture Emirates Environmental Technology
Company (EET) to operate a waste management facility. The facility,
comprising a sorting plant, is expected to handle 1,200 tonnes of waste per
day.
Al Ain, the only waste dump of which is on the verge of overflowing in 18
months, has also planned a second site for dumping city's waste. A private
company will be roped in to collect and recycle waste.
The report said that Dubai Municipality would allocate US$20 billion for
waste-to-energy projects in different locations in the emirate. As part of
its intelligent waste processing, according to the report, DM is to
implement a new method of collecting and storing waste in three different
locations.
A US$150 million Waste Recycling Park in Dubai will be the first fully
integrated waste management and recycling park in the Middle East. To be
developed on a site measuring 1,500,000 square feet, the Dubai Recycling
Park project is undertaken by National Project Holding Co.
Another major facility, which will be first of its kind in the Middle
East, is the Emirates Recycling Plant coming up in Al Lusaily area. To be
built at a cost of over Dhs65 million, it will have the capacity to convert
more than eight million tonnes of construction waste material generated in
Dubai annually into usable road and construction base aggregate.
DM and Al Serkal Group have already announced the launch of a Dhs10 million
waste treatment facility in Al Aweer which will be dedicated to recycling
edible oil waste from hotels, restaurants and food processing factories. An
estimated budget of US$15 million will also be spent on a project aimed at
minimising municipal and industrial waste in Dubai. The report also
highlighted the eco-cycling initiative and mobile phone recycling
initiatives in the emirate.
Meanwhile, the emirate of Sharjah is developing its landfill in Al Saja'ah
into a world-class recycling plant. The Al Saja'ah site will be supervised
by the Sharjah Environment Company, a joint venture between the Government
of Sharjah and the private sector. With a capacity of 25 million cubic
metres, Al Saja'ah will face the challenge of processing the sheer volume of
waste delivered every day: 3,000 tonnes from municipal solid waste
(generated from household sources); 16,000 tonnes from construction and
demolition waste and 1,000 tonnes of industrial waste from firms in the
emirate.
Sharjah International Airport has launched a paper recycling project and
special collection boxes have been set up in all its offices. The report
said that Sharjah was planning more recycling units to reprocess huge number
of drinks cans and plastic bottles which are presently being dumped in
landfills. The report, released ahead of Middle East Waste Summit 2009,
said that issues of waste management and recycling in the region will be
tackled at the event scheduled to be held in Dubai next year.
Currently, GCC countries rank in the top 10 of world waste producers with 120 million tons of waste
generated per year. The UAE and Saudi Arabia produce the most waste.
However, GCC countries are now responding to their responsibilities and the
growing requirement of waste management, according to officials who released
latest data at a press conference held recently to announce an upcoming
waste management summit according to a report in 'The Gulf Today.'
Providing facts and figures on the waste management initiatives in GCC
countries, the report showed that the UAE is spending billions for waste
management and recycling projects. Various municipalities in the UAE either
launch their own projects or collaborate with private companies for joint
ventures. Once completed, many of these projects would be the first in their
categories.
Detailing the initiatives of the capital city, the report said, the
Government of Abu Dhabi would spend approximately Dh500 million over 10
years for the operation and management of municipal solid waste treatment
and disposal in the emirate in collaboration with the private sector. Abu
Dhabi Municipality has awarded another recycling project for home solid
wastes valued at Dh1.27 billion.
The capital is soon likely to be home to one of the only three recycling
factory in the world that produces plastic of high quality to be used for
food and drink containers. This facility, which will be big enough to
recycle 2.4 million plastic bottles a day, is being built at Abu Dhabi
Industrial City.
Abu Dhabi's pioneering project to build a zero-carbon and zero-waste city,
Masdar City will produce no carbon dioxide and will recycle its waste to
create energy. This new energy and technology carbon-neutral community is
expected to open in 2009, covering six square kilometres.
Al Ain municipality has signed a contract worth Dh279 million with
Sharjah-based Austrian joint venture Emirates Environmental Technology
Company (EET) to operate a waste management facility. The facility,
comprising a sorting plant, is expected to handle 1,200 tonnes of waste per
day.
Al Ain, the only waste dump of which is on the verge of overflowing in 18
months, has also planned a second site for dumping city's waste. A private
company will be roped in to collect and recycle waste.
The report said that Dubai Municipality would allocate US$20 billion for
waste-to-energy projects in different locations in the emirate. As part of
its intelligent waste processing, according to the report, DM is to
implement a new method of collecting and storing waste in three different
locations.
A US$150 million Waste Recycling Park in Dubai will be the first fully
integrated waste management and recycling park in the Middle East. To be
developed on a site measuring 1,500,000 square feet, the Dubai Recycling
Park project is undertaken by National Project Holding Co.
Another major facility, which will be first of its kind in the Middle
East, is the Emirates Recycling Plant coming up in Al Lusaily area. To be
built at a cost of over Dhs65 million, it will have the capacity to convert
more than eight million tonnes of construction waste material generated in
Dubai annually into usable road and construction base aggregate.
DM and Al Serkal Group have already announced the launch of a Dhs10 million
waste treatment facility in Al Aweer which will be dedicated to recycling
edible oil waste from hotels, restaurants and food processing factories. An
estimated budget of US$15 million will also be spent on a project aimed at
minimising municipal and industrial waste in Dubai. The report also
highlighted the eco-cycling initiative and mobile phone recycling
initiatives in the emirate.
Meanwhile, the emirate of Sharjah is developing its landfill in Al Saja'ah
into a world-class recycling plant. The Al Saja'ah site will be supervised
by the Sharjah Environment Company, a joint venture between the Government
of Sharjah and the private sector. With a capacity of 25 million cubic
metres, Al Saja'ah will face the challenge of processing the sheer volume of
waste delivered every day: 3,000 tonnes from municipal solid waste
(generated from household sources); 16,000 tonnes from construction and
demolition waste and 1,000 tonnes of industrial waste from firms in the
emirate.
Sharjah International Airport has launched a paper recycling project and
special collection boxes have been set up in all its offices. The report
said that Sharjah was planning more recycling units to reprocess huge number
of drinks cans and plastic bottles which are presently being dumped in
landfills. The report, released ahead of Middle East Waste Summit 2009,
said that issues of waste management and recycling in the region will be
tackled at the event scheduled to be held in Dubai next year.
