Waste Free Environment returns to 13 cities in 9 countries

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Waste Free Environment returns to 13 cities in 9 countries

Waste Free Environment (WFE), the environmental awareness and anti-litter campaign hosted by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), returns to Dubai on 11 February 2016. Now in its 4th edition, the initiative will gather roughly 1,000 kids from 17 Dubai schools, signed up with by university students and other volunteers, to cleaning Sunset Beach in Jumeirah 3 in between 9.30 am-12.30 pm.

This year's Dubai occasion will consist of a carnival element, with an educational play area. Circuit-style stations in this play ground will consist of an action-packed morning filled competitors, games, quizzes and a magic show, in addition to clean-up activities.

"We are pleased to work closely with the UAE Ministry of Environment and Dubai Municipality in spreading ecological awareness at a time when the UAE is concentrating on interesting and encourage residents to end up being more ecologically mindful," stated Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA.

"Our market is the 2nd largest manufacturing market in this region and the products the chemical industry produces here in the Arabian Gulf, plastics in particular, contribute considerably to our lifestyle, resource conservation and innovation. These items ought to be responsibly dealt with, either by means of recycling or energy healing. This project provides us the opportunity to work alongside the neighborhood to show that cluttering our products is not appropriate and assist spread out knowledge about eco-efficient waste management in general.".

The Dubai leg of WFE is held with the assistance of the UAE Ministry of Water and Environment, the Dubai Municipality, Trashco-Sita-- the GCC subsidiary of Suez Environment, Shell Chemicals, LyondellBassell and SABIC. Similar clean-up occasions in other cities are sponsored by a few of the GCC's leading petrochemical business, including SABIC, Borouge, Sadara, EQUATE, and Muntajat, among others.

Last year, WFE gathered over 52 lots of waste gathered by over a thousand volunteers in the GCC, Europe and India. In addition to Dubai, the project will run in 10 cities around the Arabian Gulf, as well as Mumbai's Juhu Beach, Shanghai's Nanhui Coastal Beach and in Sittard-Geleen in the Netherlands.

"At the end of the day, waste is not caused by plastic companies, but by individuals," concluded Dr.Sadoun. "Educating people on how to properly dispose of litter will empower people to take initiative in sustaining the longevity of their environment.".