Emirates Environmental Group Surpasses Annual Targets for Collection of Recyclables

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Emirates Environmental Group Surpasses Annual Targets for Collection of Recyclables

UAE, January 18, 2017 - The Emirates Environmental Group celebrated its 25th year of sustainability in 2016 by surpassing its annual targets for the collection of aluminum containers, paper and smart phones for recycling. The enthusiastic targets were attained through the efforts of more than 1,500 UAE-wide entities standing for all sectors of society. The general target for the year leaped with everyday collections as part of EEG's more comprehensive efforts to fight damaging effects on the atmosphere and promote recycling to positively affect environment modification and air pollution control.

Habiba Al Marashi, Chairperson of the Emirates Environmental Group, said: "Numerous projects launched by EEG have actually observed a consistent rise in the engagement not just of community members yet volunteers from various industry markets in addition to who share our objective of maintaining the setting, causing the successful attainment of the target." Al Marashi has actually advised the community to value the advantages of recycling and work to achieving the total purpose of absolutely no waste to land fills.

EEG vigorously advertises its established waste management and recycling campaigns and programs, urging the collection of paper, plastic, glass, cellphones, and toner cartridges in order to promote the recycling industry and underline its importance throughout the UAE. Considering that the creation of its waste administration and recycling projects and program in 1997, EEG has handled to prevent 63,171 metric lots of CO2 matching (MTCO2e) discharges, save 95,452 m3 of landfill area, and prevent almost 279,170 trees from being reduced.

EEG continues its devotion and willingness to give back to the environment in accordance with the designation of 2017 as the 'Year of Offering' by H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi. It will perform year-round events specially created for waste monitoring that will certainly urge the active engagement, commitment and participation of government entities, hotels, private sector companies, universities, and private families towards the collection of recyclables.

The Group's lineup of events will certainly centre around waste administration including One Origin, One Communi-Tree, Green Telephone call, Your Can For A Tree, Quick Race, Community Recycling Project, Recycle, Reforest, Repeat and Can Collection Campaign. Various events will be arranged in the initial and second half of the year.