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Waste management : EEG Community lecture 29 Jan-13 |
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In UAE, Emirates Environment Group (EEG) is arranging various guest lectures to enlighten people. One such community lecture was conducted on 29th. January. This time the guest speaker was Mr. Hassan Makki, the director Sewerage and Irrigation network department, Dubai Municipality.
Mr. Makki is a wonderful speaker with 20 years of vast experience in the field of waste management. He has been awarded by the Government of UAE many a times for his meaningful work towards sustainable development. His lecture was entitled 'Waste Management and Recycling : The Way Forward'. He stressed upon the definitions of waste, sustainable development and many other words that we use in our daily lives. He also pointed out that the 3R policy is not the strongest policy to reduce waste, rather we must avoid or try to avoid generating waste is the first place. He also indicated various methods which are being used by various countries to control waste.
Singapore and the European countries like Germany and Holland are leading the way for the world in handling waste in a most efficient way by reducing land filling quantum each year.. He also enlightened us on various methods like ?Green Dot system? which is presently being use in many European countries (Germany is a pioneer), ?Integrated waste Management System? etc.
From statistics it is learnt that Singapore is one of the leading countries which recycle/re-use maximum % of waste generated where as UAE send maximum waste in landfill and here lies the danger in regards to environmental issues. At the end, both Mr. Makki & Ms. Habiba Al Marashi, founder of EEG, pointed out that a lot of awareness to be spread and lots of work need to be carried out in UAE to tackle these issues as the situation is not very encouraging till now considering the fact that UAE generates huge solid waste (1000 kg/person/year) which is more double than most of the countries.
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17 Comments
Thank you for sharing.
Posted 30-08-2013 13:41
Great job! Thanks for sharing your interesting experience.
Posted 24-02-2013 14:07
Thx Rohan, Shruti and Achmad for your feedback...
Posted 07-02-2013 19:21
Dear Shibajyoti :
as per http://earth911.com/news/2009/08/03/trash-planet-india/, waste generation in India is lower than many countries and estimated as 220 kg/person/year (1.3 pounds/person/day).
Hope this clarify your query.
Posted 07-02-2013 19:20
Amazing...thanks for the information!!!!
Posted 06-02-2013 02:13
Good job done. Thanks.
Posted 05-02-2013 15:32
goog job :0
Posted 04-02-2013 22:27
UAE generates huge solid waste (1000 kg/person/year) which is more double than most of the countries. Means 3 Kg. / person/day. At least the figure is available.
I am trying to get the similar data of India.
Thanks for the report.
Posted 03-02-2013 23:05
Thanks for the report. Since the waste disposal is the imminent problem in Korea, it's really interesting to read your article.
Posted 02-02-2013 10:37
Thanks Unmesh, We must first stop thinking of gifts for every achievement or celebration.
Posted 01-02-2013 20:00
nice
Posted 01-02-2013 17:47
Very Informative Unmesh, thanks for the sharing
Posted 01-02-2013 04:34
Great work.....go ahead !!!!!!!
Posted 01-02-2013 00:23
Of course, reducing the amount of waste can be much efficient than recycle.
Good job, Unmesh :)
Posted 31-01-2013 13:03
Waste managemnet is a major problem for every country. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 31-01-2013 12:26
Thanks for sharing!
Posted 31-01-2013 08:57
Wonderful !
Posted 31-01-2013 06:26