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EAD col lects 2,000 tonnes of recyc lable bottles
EAD col lects 2,000 tonnes of recyc lable bottles
Gulf Today · 1 May 2025 · Staff Reporter
ABU DHABI: The Envir on ment Agency in Abu Dhabi (EAD) has recovered over 2,000
tonnes of recyc lable plastic botles since launch ing its Botle Recov ery Sys tem in 2023.
In col lab or a tion with “Sparklo,” a clean tech no logy com pany, EAD col lec ted more than 23
mil lion recyc lable botles in 2024.
As part of its part ner ship with retail sec tors, waste col lec tion entit ies, and clean tech no -
logy pro viders, EAD worked with Sparklo to deploy over 100 Spark lo mat botle recov ery
machines across the emir ate.
These machines were installed at retail out lets of ADNOC, Lulu, and Car re four, res ult ing in
the col lec tion of approx im ately 23 mil lion recyc lable items in 2024, includ ing 544,000
kilo grammes of plastic and 8,000 kilo grammes of alu minum.
This ini ti at ive con trib uted to redu cing over 3.5 mil lion kilo grammes of CO sions in
2024, sup port ing Abu Dhabi’s goal of cut ing car bon emis sions by 22% by 2027.
Shaikha Al Dhaheri, Exec ut ive Dir ector of the Integ rated Envir on ment Policy and Plan ning
Sec tor at EAD, stated: “We aim to integ rate sus tain ab il ity prac tices into daily life in the
emir ate. The Botle Recov ery Sys tem, in col lab or a tion with private sec tor entit ies like
Sparklo, high lights the import ance of part ner ships, tech no logy, and com munity engage -
ment in achiev ing a sus tain able envir on mental impact. This ini ti at ive rep res ents a stra -
tegic invest ment that rein forces envir on mental respons ib il ity. By sup port ing cir cu lar eco -
nomy prin ciples, we aim to strengthen Abu
Dhabi’s lead er ship in the global shit toward a sus tain able future.”
Maxim Kablyvich, Founder and CEO of Sparklo, added :“our part ner ship wit head demon -
strates the value of pub lic-private col lab or a tion in achiev ing stra tegic goals at the com -
munity and national levels. With EAD’S sup port, we expan ded the net work of botle recov -
ery machines, sig ni fic antly advan cing Abu Dhabi’s sus tain ab il ity agenda.”
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