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UAE residents achieve big in recycling waste

DUBAI, May 17, 2015

More than 60,000 UAE residents have recycled waste equivalent to saving 14.7 million gallons of water in a year, according to Dulsco, a regional pioneer in waste management and human resource solutions.

Dulsco made this announcement while celebrating the first year anniversary of Dubai Municipality’s ‘My City My Environment’ Campaign. This initiative is in line with the green vision of the leaders of the nation.

The residents from Dubai’s Jumeirah and Safa were given a 240-litre, colour-coded trash bins: green for recyclables and black for general waste. General waste is being collected daily, while recyclables on alternate days.

The increasing population of UAE and development of several residential and commercial clusters also adds a lot of pressure on waste management and thereby puts a lot of pressure on the landfill if it is not managed properly. UAE currently has one of the highest carbon footprints in the world but Dulsco believes that if everyone participates, then a zero-waste society is possible.

“Dulsco was chosen by Dubai Municipality to handle two of the largest areas of Dubai comprising of families living across 7,000 villas in Jumeirah 1, 2, 3 and Safa 1 and 2,” said S Madhumohan, director, Waste Management Services, Dulsco.

“As part of the campaign we did various activities including awareness programs for maids, distribution of communication campaign materials, door-to-door visits by Dulsco team and Green Hope volunteers, surprise gifts for active recyclers and beach clean-up campaigns among other initiatives.”

Alison and Robin, residents of Jumeirah 1, said: “Our family has always been environmentally conscious. We actively recycle and spread the word among our friends and neighbours. This project has helped us as it has brought the convenience of recycling to our doorstep. We used to be worried about what actually happens to our recyclables – but the Dulsco team showed us a video of the materials being recovered and sorted. This gave us an assurance that our recycling efforts are not going wasted.”

The residents have been urged to actively participate and play an important role in eradicating and proper management of waste through the 3Rs: ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’. Campaigns run by Dulsco aims to inculcate and sustain a behavioural change in the residents in terms of proper waste management.  In partnership with Dubai Municipality, the campaign aims to educate UAE residents about the importance and practices of proper waste management and source segregation. – TradeArabia News Service




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