Qatar Airways is “achieving continual improvement” for its environmental performance in waste, water and energy use via ongoing projects such as reduction of single-use plastics on board, introduction of a waste segregation program that maximizes recycling and reusing at its corporate offices and Hamad International Airport among others, Gulf-Times reports. Other ongoing projects include the […]
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) has launched a collaboration with Microsoft to manufacture the first consumer electronic product. This collaboration has resulted in manufacturing the first computer mouse with an exterior shell containing 20% recycled ocean plastic. And they named it “The Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse,” Saudi Gazette states. SABIC has a strategic vision for […]
In eastern Java, in Gresik County, a museum has opened, made up of ten thousand plastic bottles, bags, straws, and other waste. They were collected from beaches and littered rivers. The museum should remind about the ecological crisis and pollution of the oceans, Reuters reports. In the center of the exposition, there is a statue […]
Every minute, as much plastic waste as one garbage truck gets into the ocean. There are 170 million tons of plastic waste floating in the world’s oceans, and by 2050 their weight will exceed the total weight of fish. One of the solutions of the plastic problem is sustainable development: this is when companies turn […]
Electronic waste or e-waste is the type of waste that is currently growing most dynamically. It includes: ▪ mobile phones, smartphones; ▪ computer technologies; ▪ printers, telephones and faxes; ▪ home appliances, TVs; ▪ electronic boards, chips, and electronic toys. E-waste is expected to reach about 52.2 million tons by the end of 2021, Waste […]
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has inaugurated the world’s first mosque to receive the platinum rating for green buildings by the Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED v4) from the US Green Buildings Council (USGBC) with 83 points. The mosque in Hatta can accommodate more than 600 worshippers on an area of 1,050 […]
Zayed Higher Organisation for People of Determination has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with RECAPP, a mobile application launched by Veolia Middle East regarding the participation of people of determination and their families in environmental awareness programs in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, WAM reports. The MoU was signed by Abdullah AbdulAlee Al-Humaidan, Secretary-General of […]
An energetic enthusiast from Kenya has developed a unique formulation of extra strong bricks and paving stones. An extraordinary girl from an African country managed to develop a mortar composition for paving stones (paving slabs), bricks and plastic utility hole covers. Nzambi Mati created a material 5-7 times stronger than concrete and even received a […]
The Saudi Investment Recycling Company, owned by the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund, has signed an agreement with King Faisal University in the Eastern Region’s Al-Ahsa Governorate to collaborate on research on new waste solutions, Arab News reports. The two organizations will work with the Date Palm Research Center of Excellence on recycling of agricultural waste […]
Sheri Turnbow, founder of Bespoke Southerly, sews clothes from personal sketches and protects the environment. Let’s get to know how she does it, thanks to Forbes’ review. Climate change and the cleaning of the world’s oceans from debris, including plastics, were one of the hottest topics in the United States ahead of the presidential […]
