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5/15/24, 4:48 PM Dubai Municipality rolls out comprehensive waste management and recycling project in Hatta in collaboration with Imdaad | Go Gr…

Dubai Municipality rolls out comprehensive waste
management and recycling project in Hatta in collaboration
with Imdaad

Dubai Municipality has launched a strategic sustainable waste management project in the
Hatta region in collaboration with Imdaad. The project – ‘Outsourcing Waste Collection,
Transportation, and Recycling Services’ – seeks to bolster the municipality’s operations
through stronger partnerships with the private sector while advancing the goals of the ‘Zero
Waste in Hatta’ campaign.

The primary goal of the project is to effectively divert various kinds of waste from landfills,
thereby enhancing sustainable waste management services in Hatta. It also aims to promote
a sense of social responsibility for environmental initiatives in the region among both
residents and visitors. This objective will be accomplished by implementing effective waste
management practices that boost Dubai’s position as a sustainable city, which will further
encourage individuals and communities to adopt eco-friendly choices. These measures also
support the municipality’s integrated waste management strategy, which aids in further
enhancing Dubai’s global appeal, overall quality of life, and sustainability goals.

As part of the programme, Dubai Municipality has transformed the Hatta landfill into an
advanced facility from where segregated waste can be transferred to treatment sites in Dubai.
The facility, spanning 60,043 square metres, comprises an administrative office and a waste
disposal zone. Some 20 tonnes of municipal solid waste is generated on average daily in
Hatta and, in effect, this trash is diverted from landfills. Additionally, the project will also take
care of 27 tonnes of agricultural waste from across the region daily, ensuring it is sent out in a
suitable form to the Warsan waste-to-energy plant.

The Hatta waste management project is expected to benefit a total of 1,147 residential units.
The municipality has distributed over 2,500 new waste storage and collection containers,

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