Sharjah Parks Become Truly ‘Green’ as Bee’ah Brings Recycling Facilities to Visitors

12/3/2008 3:42:00 AM

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  Bee’ah, the Sharjah Environment Company today announced that its continuing expansion of the provision of recycling facilities has now brought 268 pedestrian recycling centres to several parks in Sharjah. The pedestrian recycling centres allow visitors to the parks to deposit their recyclable waste and contribute to the pilot recycling schemes of Bee’ah.

Sharjah Parks Become Truly ‘Green’ as Bee’ah Brings Recycling Facilities to Visitors

100 Pedestrian Recycling Centres installed throughout parks of Sharjah allow visitors to directly contribute to a cleaner environment

268 Pedestrian Recycling Centres now in place across Sharjah as part of a continued expansion of recycling facilities

(Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) – December 3, 2008 – Bee’ah, the Sharjah Environment Company today announced that its continuing expansion of the provision of recycling facilities has now brought 268 pedestrian recycling centres to several parks in Sharjah. The pedestrian recycling centres allow visitors to the parks to deposit their recyclable waste and contribute to the pilot recycling schemes of Bee’ah.

The parks where visitors can benefit from the expansion of the pedestrian recycling centre scheme include Sharjah National Park, the largest park in the Emirate. Its 630,000 square metres are now served by 33 three-stream pedestrian recycling centres, making the park more environmentally-friendly as well as cleaner. In the areas that see the greatest footfall, visitors will have to walk no further than 50 metres to deposit their recyclable waste.

Commenting on the expansion, Samer Kamal, Managing Director, Bee’ah said, “It’s appropriate that visitors to some of Sharjah’s most beautiful areas can now contribute to the environmental health of the Emirate. We’re fully confident that this phase of expansion will prove to be as successful as the first phase of the pedestrian recycling centre roll-out, paving the way for a continued expansion that will see a huge proportion of the Sharjah population given easy access to the centres. Now the parks of Sharjah are green in more than just appearance.”

The installation of the centres follows a highly successful trial on the Buhairah Corniche, where the 130 centres are heavily used, requiring them to be emptied daily. A correct usage rate of more than 80% is on par with long-established facilities in western countries, demonstrating the desire of the Sharjah populace to play a key role in contributing to the environmental well-being of the Emirate.

Bee’ah has invested heavily in making the pedestrian recycling centres available. As well as purchasing several thousand of the centres, specialized equipment has been procured, making installation by trained personnel possible in as little as seven minutes. Kevin Croucher, Director, Logistics &Procurement explained, “By carefully selecting equipment and skilled people, we are able to install the centres in a highly efficient manner. As well as maximizing the speed with which we make these facilities available to the public, the reduction in installation time cuts down on the resources we use, bringing further environmental benefits.”

In addition to the provision of pedestrian recycling centres, Bee’ah is operating: pilot commercial recycling schemes that has seen more than 4000 Blue Bins delivered to offices and commercial operations around Sharjah, including at the Finance Department of Sharjah Government; a pilot residential recycling scheme in Lagoon Tower, Sharjah; the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hamriyah Free Zone whereby Bee’ah acts as regulatory and monitoring partner of the Free Zone Authority; and continued work on the improvement and development of the Al Saja’a waste management site in cooperation with Emirates Environmental Technology (EET) Co. LLC.

About Bee’ah – The Sharjah Environment Co.

Bee’ah is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Environmental Company, founded in 2007 and operating in the Emirate of Sharjah. The primary mission of Bee’ah is to help transform Sharjah into a ‘green’ Emirate with sustainable environmental best practices, providing fully integrated environmental strategic solutions and services for commercial, industrial and residential groups. For more information, please visit http://www.beeah-uae.com