Abu Dhabi: The emirate will provide free land to private investors to establish recycling plants in order to improve its current waste recycling capacity amounting to 40 per cent of waste generated.
With the initiatives to promote re-use and recycling of waste, the emirate plans to prevent environmental pollution caused by waste.
Sectors involved
Household waste constitutes 20 per cent of the waste generated in the emirate, but only one per cent of this is recycled at the moment, said Hamad Al Ameri, General Manager of the Centre of Waste Management, Abu Dhabi (CWM).
Most of the recycled waste is from the construction and demolition sector, which amounts to about 60 per cent of the total waste, officials told a press conference in the capital yesterday.
Demolition of a building generates 220 tonnes of waste on average, Essam Ali Ahmad, a technical adviser at the centre, said.
Al Ameri said that with the introduction of recycling methods, commercial and industrial establishments can generate revenue from their waste.
Fast facts: Recycling facilities
- Three oil recycling plants in Musaffah since November 2009
- Construction and demolition materials recycling plant in Al Dhafra and Al Ain (operational)
- Three tyre recycling plants in Al Ain, Western Region and Abu Dhabi (under construction)
- Plastic recycling plants in Al Ain (planned)
- Compost plants in Al Ain, Mafraq and Liwa
