Dubai is looked up to as a constructional marvel across the world is a sought location for people all around the world. With a constant rise in the number of visitors to the country and the increase in development and shrinking resources have made waste management a significant issue. The shrinking resources in terms of land, manpower and increasing waste calls in for sustainable waste management. The Dubai municipality is concentrating on to create a sustainable waste management mechanism to manage the waste.
The Dubai government has always paid attention to ensure that the public spaces are always kept clean and also made sure that the infrastructure is maintained well. The public cleaning services are at par with the latest technologies and are effective cost wise and environment-friendly. Here’s a list of a few things that the municipality has already employed and can undertake in future in order to implement waste management techniques:
1. The government of Dubai is well aware of having a sustainable waste management system and is continuously making efforts to promote and implement sustainability in social, environmental and economic perspectives. There have been several initiatives like the introduction of green building legislation, developing new potential policies for bringing in sustainable waste management. The next step is estimated is to extend the policies to the private sector as well.
2. The government has put certain responsibilities on the shoulders of everyone and involved everyone in waste reduction and waste management. The whole concept of the ‘polluter pays’ was introduced and an effort was taken to make sure that the citizens are well aware of their responsibilities of keeping the environment clean. The one who is at fault for causing pollution and littering around is penalised. The penalties range from a fine to even putting the person behind bars for a certain tenure. The Dubai authorities are still working on making sure that the law is enforced.
3. Getting the best waste management companies in Dubai onboard for waste management is something that has been extremely fruitful. There are several waste management companies that expertise in having the best technology and the best idea for waste management. The companies have good resources in terms of garbage trucks, access to landfills, and a team that indulges in waste segregation and waste recycling. The waste management companies can take the responsibility for the public as well as private properties as appointed.
4. The concept of green buildings is picking up at a speed more than imagined. The Dubai authorities had drafted the Green building specification in 2011 and starting 2014, a mandate issuing the compulsion of the green building was issued. Since then, the buildings have been constructed keeping in mind the regulations. The buildings are built using good constructional material that is either recycled or is eco-friendly, the building is made solar energy compliant, the buildings have a good plantation around it, the building is aesthetically enhanced using plants, creepers and other greens.
5. Recycling and reusing are the two factors of utmost importance to sustainable development. Waste reduction is more important and a very significant step in waste management. It is more important to recycle and reuse more than treating waste. The waste collected from the household heading to landfills needs to be segregated and treated. Some of the waste that is produced needs to be treated before reusing or needs to be processed before recycling. Many waste management companies in Dubai are implementing recycling and reusing of waste very successfully and sustainably.
Although Dubai has been consciously and cautiously involved its government and all of its citizens in implementing waste management, there are some waste products that are non-biodegradable, cannot be reduced or reused or avoided and need to be treated with more attention. Electronic waste falls under this category. No government norms can be levied on them to reduce them and also the waste cannot be taken to landfills as it produces several radiations and can spread untreatable and terminal diseases. In such cases, there is still scope for waste management companies in Dubai and all over the world to come up with more sophisticated electronic waste management system.
