The Abu Dhabi Center for Waste Management-Rotate announced the collection of about one million and 808 thousand and 291 tons of demolition and construction waste in the Abu Dhabi region, last year, which constitutes 26% of the total waste received at the center and recycling it of approximately one million and 236 thousand and 814 tons, which constitute 70% of the total recycled waste in the region.
In detail, the center affirmed its continuation of the great efforts aimed at doubling the rate of waste resulting from construction and demolition activities in various parts of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, by adopting multiple programs aimed at recycling those wastes in accordance with local and international standards and standards in this field, based on the permanent and constant commitment to recycling In implementing the vision of the Abu Dhabi government represented in the Executive Council’s decision stipulating the use of no less than 40% of recycled materials in road and construction projects in all areas of the emirate.
The demolition and construction waste recycling facility of the Abu Dhabi Center for Waste Management located on an intimate road in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the general capacity of the facility reaches 8 thousand tons per day, to produce approximately 4 different sizes of gravel from that waste, in addition to the sand from all Processing operations, which have become used in infrastructure projects for several vital projects in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Since 2010, the facility has produced 13,842,072 tons of demolished construction and recycling waste, which equals 5,300 km for a longitudinal street that can be envisaged as the construction of a street equivalent to a length of 40% of the globe diameter.
The Director General of the Abu Dhabi Center for Waste Management - Recycling, Dr. Salem Khalfan Al Kaabi, said: “The great efforts made in the collection and treatment of demolition and construction waste in all regions of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi have contributed greatly to achieving the highest ideal investment rates for waste and waste in this field, and have provided basic materials Important in establishing bases for giant and vital projects in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
He emphasized that the strategy of the Abu Dhabi Center for Waste Management is based on the continuous innovation of effective solutions for all forms of waste and waste and finding distinct ways to control it and use it in a civilized way that guarantees preserving the environment of the Abu Dhabi community and reducing pollution and promoting the sustainable development aspects that the United Arab Emirates praises on the global level thanks to Its wise and successful policies in the field of waste management and treatment, environmental protection and society in general. "