Posts

Showing posts with the label Innovative Integrated Solutions in Dubai

How can Recycling Lead to Environmental Sustainability?

Image
  Over the last few decades, exploitation and degradation of the environment have drastically gone up at an alarming rate. Environmental problems such as global warming, waste disposal, air pollution, and water pollution are serious concerns for the environment. Fortunately, our nations and environmentally-conscious organizations have started taking action to protect the planet. To help, everyone should consider reducing the volume of waste generated, and to reuse materials whenever possible. Recycling is also one of the most effective ways to preserve our planet. Everyone should be involved to help recycling and sustainability impact deliver better results. Recycling and Sustainability As the concept and need for recycling become accepted by most, it is important to continue emphasizing how it affects sustainability. For example, recycling wood materials means that you do not need to cut more trees. It also helps to protect watersheds, biodiversity as well as maintain soil stabili...

Decentralised Waste Management

Image
  “There is no such thing as ‘Away’. When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere” Today humans generate more waste than ever before which is not only an environmental problem but also an economic loss. On an average, over 377 million urban people living in 7,935 towns and cities generate almost 62 million tonnes (MT) of municipal solid waste per annum. Of this waste generated only 43 MT of the waste is collected, 12 MT is treated and 31 MT is dumped in landfill sites by municipal authorities within or outside the city haphazardly, creating various issues like: Waste collector dumping waste on road sides creating unhygienic condition Solid waste disposal often takes up valuable and costly land Your dry waste is not giving you any earning No facility to treat wet waste on-site No resource recovery from waste Therefore,  Solid Waste Management  issue is the biggest challenge to the authorities of both small and large cities in developing countries. The problem is posed...