The Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) announced that it has sorted 838,000 tonnes of waste from January to September 2022. This included plastic, paper, and mixed junk, and solid waste such as metal and wood, were collected from the Centre’s landfills in Al Ain, Al Dhafra, and Abu Dhabi. This comes as part of the Centre’s efforts to preserve the environment and limit the depletion of its resources.  

During the first nine months of 2022, the Centre managed to sort more than 110,000 tonnes of plastic, 560,000 tonnes of wood, around 28,000 tonnes of paper and cardboard waste, and 950 tonnes of mixed junk that includes textiles and cork, in addition to more than 14,000 tonnes of iron and around 24,000 tonnes of aluminum. The Centre sorts waste ahead of processing and recycling it into environment-friendly materials that can be utilised in several fields and vital national projects, in line with its efforts to provide the most innovative solutions to maintain the sustainability of environmental resources.

As per the statement,the Centre’s teams sorted the waste using the best practices at its eight landfills, including Hameem landfill in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain landfill, Madinat Zayed landfill, Al Mirfa, Al Silaa, Ghayathi, Liwa, and Jaffn, in addition to one engineering landfill located in Al Ain city.

Eng. Abdul Mohsin Al Katheeri, Director of Projects and Facilities Department at Tadweer, said: “The results that we have achieved during the current year reflect the Center’s commitment to harnessing its efforts to preserve the environment and its resources. It also supports our endeavors to maximize the benefits of waste by sorting, recycling, and converting it into environment-friendly materials and products that support the country’s economy.”

“Tadweer is committed to utilising the most advanced and integrated solutions and technologies for sorting and recycling waste by employing the best practices to extract valuable materials from all types of waste and convert them into environment-friendly materials that support the circular economy. This aligns with the Center’s vision for achieving a sustainable waste management system and providing a clean, safe, and sustainable environment in Abu Dhabi,” he added.

Tadweer provides 17 centres for the collection of recyclable materials (waste mines) in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, distributed across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Al Dhafra region. This falls under the Centre's commitment to encouraging community members to contribute to the process of separating waste at the source, and maintain a healthy, safe, and sustainable environment, in line with its continuous efforts to develop waste sorting services.

In 2022, the Centre has enhanced its public hygiene services, which include manual and automatic sweeping services, and collecting and transporting waste from various regions in the Emirate to the Center’s stations by allocating specialised teams and providing them with the latest equipment, cleaning tools, and waste transport vehicles. This aims to ensure the provision of municipal and solid waste collection and transportation services, and general cleaning services throughout the Emirate at all times and according to the highest standards.

The Centre has also provided waste container unloading services in various locations in the Emirate, including Al Ain, Al Dhafra, and Abu Dhabi.