Dear Ambassadors, recently I participated the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon. Thousands of people participated in this annual event in Dubai held on 22-Jan-16. It is a very good & effective form of exercise & helps you to keep you fit if you do prepare yourself & participate in such events. Besides taking care of your body it is equally important to take care of the environment. The organizers were as usual eco-conscious & gave away glass bottles of energy drinks with the race pack. Also, the other items were recyclable as well. Such things hold value as the participants realize the value of recycling.

On the day of the event there was large crowd gathered for participation & the atmosphere was charged up. Besides, the recyclable stuff lots of plastic water bottles were handed over to the runners. Water is basic necessity thus cannot be avoided & normally it is dispensed in plastic bottles only.

In UAE these plastic water bottles are manufactured as per international standards and are 100% recyclable. Now, to ensure that they are recycled their disposal must not be made as a general waste. Segregated bins are placed all over the UAE and the recyclables must be disposed of as per their class. They are divided into Paper, Plastic & General.

Such bins for plastic disposal in large sizes were placed at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon venue as well.

Folks, as you might be aware that I am a big recycling enthusiast and I & my building mates keep all the recyclable segregated & the same is handed over to local recycling center every week. They come to my house to collect.

Carrying on the same habit outside my house also I made it a point to collect many plastic bottles at the venue & dispose properly at the designated place. The empty bin was soon full.

I was very happy to note that noticing my actions many other people were motivated & started using the designated bins instead of throwing at the road. I am a firm believer that your actions influence others & positivity spreads faster.

I am very sure that this report will motivate my fellow ambassadors to enhance their ongoing efforts & they will recycle more & more & serve the Mother Earth by saving the landfills & promote recycling.

Thanks for reading.