U.A.E. : 220,000 empties collected ……

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Bee’ah has launched an e-waste pre-sorting and dismantling facility as part of its waste Management complex in Al Saj’ah.

The facility has been launched following the volume of electronic waste that ends up in landfill.This year alone, the Bee’ah waste management facility received an estimated 220,000 printer cartridges.

Khaled Al Huraimel, Chief Executive Officer, Bee’ah said: "the electronic goods industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. Due to the high demand for smaller and better technology, the electronic waste stream is rising and becoming a concern in the Middle East.“The collection and treatment of electronic waste is a fundamental element of Bee’ah’s overall integrated waste management strategy and expansion to handle new waste streams in Sharjah."

Further to the e-waste treatment facility, Bee’ah has expanded its printer ink cartridges recycling programme, going beyond just corporations, and now includes schools and universities. With the support of the Sharjah Education Zone (SEZ), recyclable carton collection boxes have been implemented in 60 schools and universities including Sharjah Higher Colleges of Technology, Khalifa University and the University of Sharjah, with another 100 schools to follow.

"We set up our e-waste collection and treatment programme, in order to address the community concern requests for a solution to the growing amounts of e-waste.” said Khaled El Kalliny, VP of business development at Bee’ah.

"Generally, individuals hold onto their discarded electronic goods because of their perceived value. These end up as clutter, whereas instead, they could be put to much better use if refurbished and recycled. In an effort to encourage the community to dispose of their e-waste correctly, we have placed e-waste and printer cartridges collection points in all major universities and schools and well as central points across Sharjah," he added.

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December 12, 2011 at 12:46 PM