The company «Dulsco» environmental waste management services, and the official partner of the Expo 2020 Dubai exhibition in waste management, that it is planned to recycle and transfer 147 tons of daily waste for the exhibition to new products over a period of six months during the period of organizing the event, explaining that the recycled waste It constituted about 85% of the total daily waste from the upcoming exhibition.
The company stated to «Emirates Today» that innovative solutions and technologies will be used to support sustainability during the exhibition’s events through systems for recycling and converting waste into valuable products and resources, most notably the transformation of plastic waste into clothes and bags, while glass waste will be converted into dishes and flasks, while it will be done Treating organic waste and converting it into various organic resources and fertilizers.
The most sustainable
In detail, the CEO of Dulsco Environmental Waste Management Services and the official partner of the Expo 2020 Dubai in the field of waste management, David Stockton, said that “the most important goals of the partnership with Expo 2020, which will be launched next October, is to employ Innovative solutions and technologies make the upcoming session of the upcoming event one of the most sustainable sessions in the history of the International Expo, spanning more than 160 years.
Daily waste
Stockton said, that the volume of daily waste during the period of the Expo 2020 is expected to reach 173 tons, explaining that the classifications of those wastes include 39% of the waste that can be recycled, in addition to 48% of organic waste, in addition to 13% of General waste. He pointed out that all waste will be sorted through special containers distributed over the exhibition area. Stockton pointed out that 147 tons of daily waste will be recycled and converted into new products, equivalent to 85% of the total daily waste generated during the exhibition period over a period of six months.
He added that waste will be collected from landfills and delivered to the central waste facility at the site of the event, noting that this process in itself will reduce carbon emissions.
New products
Stockton said that work will be carried out to transfer the waste from the facility located in the "Expo 2020 Dubai" site, to the main facilities of the company "Dulsco", where it will carry out a set of additional recovery and sorting operations in order to convert it into new products. He explained that, for example, plastic materials of various kinds will be converted into plastic clothes, bags and packages, while paper waste will be converted into a variety of materials from cardboard, dishes and cup holders, while glass waste will be converted into glass dishes, packages and bottles. He added that the process of treatment of organic waste will be carried out according to the highest health and safety standards, as it will be converted into various fertilizers.
Support for SMEs
The Expo 2020 Dubai office announced that cooperation with Dulsco waste management services includes the support of local small and medium companies that reproduce glass, minerals and other materials using their own expertise and innovations.
He stated that through cooperation with these companies, Dulsco will work to recover, treat, recycle and convert waste into valuable resources and products that will be put on the market again. "Expo 2020 Dubai" explained that "Dulsco" will work to treat organic materials, such as converting food residues into fertilizer and converting waste into biofuels, while the recyclables, such as paper and paper, will be converted into products that can be used for use in the site of the upcoming event as carriers Cups, pots for planting seeds, as well as gift boxes and more, and the glass will be recycled to make "Expo" souvenirs.
Convert organic waste into fertilizers after treatment according to the highest health and safety standards.
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Tonnes of expected daily waste for Expo 2020.