Al Ain district launches recycling drive Hundreds of students joined hands to educate residents of an Al Ain district on waste recycling and distributed bins in a recent campaign that was organised by the Centre of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi. The drive was launched in Al Masoudi district, with some 250 volunteers from the universities and secondary schools in the Oasis City taking part in the event. The district has 616 villas and an estimated population of 4,468. The area was divided into zones and volunteers visited every household. The volunteers were from the Family Development Foundation, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi University, Al Ain University for Science and Technology and students from Al Zayediah, Al Manasir, Umm Kolthoom, Al Shiam and Al Qattara secondary schools. According to an official from the Centre of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi, the volunteers raised awareness among housewives and domestic helpers on the process of sorting waste into the green and black bins. The bins were distributed to each household by Lavajet, the cleaning company responsible for North Al Ain Zone. The drive, the official added, indicates the importance of maintaining cleanliness in the city and the safety of the environment, and to reduce the volume of waste. The students also requested the householders to abide by the waste collection timing and to put the bins in front of their houses between 6AM and 8PM at the latest for overnight waste collection by the cleaning company. Black bins, allocated for non-recycled waste, will be collected on a daily basis and the green bin which contains recycled waste will be collected every Sunday and Thursday. The Green and Bulky wastes will be collected according to a "on call" service.
Issue # 7, Vol: 2
Al Ain district launches recycling drive
Category: Waste Management
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