RECAPP Inaugurates Recycling Warehouse in Dubai
RECAPP, the UAEs first free-of-charge door-to-door recycling service, has inaugurated its first recycling warehouse in Dubai. The newly opened warehouse in Al Quoz is the first sorting facility in Dubai to treat recyclables digitally collected from the doorstep of users.
The opening ceremony included keynote speeches from sustainability leaders in the UAE, including Sebastien Chauvin, CEO of Veolia Middle East; Jrme Viricel, General Manager of RECAPP; Alan Smith, CEO of Agthia Group; and Yasmine Berbir, Head of Sustainability at Nestl Middle East.
Commenting on the opening,Jrme Viricel, General Manager of RECAPP at Veolia Middle East,said: We are very pleased to inaugurate RECAPPs new warehouse in Al Quoz, highlighting our recent milestone of expanding into Dubai. To date, we have built a community of 15,000 recyclers across Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and the opening of our Al Quoz warehouse marks the next phase in our growth, toward our ultimate goal of bringing our recycling service to the whole of the United Arab Emirates.
Sebastien Chauvin, CEO of Veolia Middle East,said: We launched RECAPP in November 2020 with a mission to support local communities as they strive to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. Today, it is evident that RECAPP is delivering on that promise, and is only set to grow its operations from this point. We are immensely proud of the work RECAPP is doing to empower residents to take up recycling, in line with Veolias commitment to developing the recycling ecosystem in the UAE and closing the loop of resources.
At the inauguration, Jrme Viricel led attendees through a tour of the warehouse, where plastic bottles and aluminum cans are segregated and baled with a daily segregation capacity of 1 tonne.
RECAPP empowers each individual in their recycling process by offering an easy and efficient way to schedule pick-ups for plastic bottles and aluminum cans. After segregating recyclables from general waste at home, residents can simply download the Go RECAPP application from theApp StoreorGoogle Play, and schedule a pick-up time at their convenience. RECAPP will then collect the recyclables from the users doorstep and recycle them, completely free of charge.
RECAPP was launched in November 2020 by Veolia Middle East, the benchmark company for ecological transformation, and operates in Abu Dhabi and select areas of Dubai. To date, RECAPP has built a community of 15,000 registered users and collected 180 tonnes of recyclables, including transparent and opaque plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
