Since its establishment in 2010, the Al Salam Diving Club team in Oman cities Liwa and Shinas has been working on several environmental initiatives and volunteer work. They’ve cleaned the seabed and basins of ports from various types of waste. Hamad al Amri, head and founder of the team, explained to Oman Observer that the […]
The Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) honored the champions and heroes of recycling and sustainability in the UAE during a virtual ceremony organized on the occasion of World Environment Day on 5th June, under the patronage and presence of Sheikh Salem bin Sultan bin Saqr Al Qassimi, Member of the Executive Council of the Government of […]
United Development Company (UDC) inaugurated a new environmental Seabin project, the first of its kind in the State of Qatar, to prevent sea pollution and protect marine species at The Pearl-Qatar, The Peninsula Qatar reports. The event, which took place on the occasion of World Environment Day, 5th of June, was held in Porto Arabia […]
In a previous publication, we’ve borrowed a few facts from O-Zero posts about how incinerators work and what the consequences of their activities are. Let’s continue. A simple and affordable “burn everything” service creates a market for new plants, doesn’t reduce waste and contributes to global warming. Actually, incineration is the only option for disposing […]
Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC)’s member company Recycling Services and Oasis Water Company, leading manufacturer of pure drinking water, have renewed their waste management agreement. As Times of Oman reports, it was attended by Al Sahib, Director of Zubair SEC. Facilitated by Zubair SEC, Recycling Services and Oasis Water Company recently signed a waste […]
Today, we all probably have a hard time imagining our lives without such a convenient means of personal hygiene as wet wipes. And most of us don’t even think about whether they are harmful to the environment and human health. The answer is unequivocally yes. Wet wipes contain plastic, which means that they do not […]
The culture of waste management is developing rapidly. Until the 2000s, we hardly knew about the importance of sorting, nor about the separate disposal of hazardous waste, nor about incineration. And although incineration as a method of waste disposal appeared a long time ago (the first factories in New York were established in 1895), only […]
The Shoura Council approved in April the draft Waste Management Law, Saudi Gazette reports. The provisions of the law include penalties for waste disposal violations such as maximum 10 years of imprisonment or SR30 million in fine or of both. The draft law consists of 38 articles aimed to regulate the activities of waste collection, […]
Invisible plastic is a significant part of the millions of tons of plastic that end up in landfills and oceans every year. Therefore, nowadays we should constantly ask ourselves the question “is there plastic in this?”. Burners Cigarette filters are one of the most common types of waste in the world. During the cleaning of […]
Which product do you think the US exported the most in 2017? The correct answer is “waste”. For all those who encourage people to sort more, and especially for those who say “as in Europe / America” we want to tell a little about what’s happening in the world of waste. (And thanks to O-Zero […]
