Dubai Municipality has introduced a new social initiative that seeks to boost recycling and reduce the impact of waste materials on the environment.
The initiative aims to encourage both government and private sectors to promote waste management and increase the ratio and quality of recycled materials.
It also fosters concepts of sustainability, circular economy, and waste recycling, as per a press release published via Zawya
Under the new initiative, Dubai Municipality has distributed 100 smart plastic packaging containers to various government, non-governmental and private educational institutions and agencies.
The scheme will see the collection and recycling of three million plastic packaging units in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) city.
The units are equivalent to around 60t of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic that is commonly used for packaging soft drinks, juices, water and other food products.
