ADP Drivers and Vehicles Licensing Department’s Staff Members Acquainted with Waste Sorting Methods

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, September 25th 2014

The Centre for Waste Management-Abu Dhabi (Tadweer) acquainted staff members at the Vehicles and Drivers Licensing Department at Abu Dhabi Police with the methods of waste sorting at source, according to color-coded waste containers: green for recyclable material and black for leftovers, sponge materials and other non-recyclable material. This initiative aims to preserve and protect the environment against pollution, make good use of waste recycling. It also aims to promote the concept of recycling and encourage this practice among community members.   This awareness-raising event was organized by the centre in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Police Vehicles and Drivers Licensing Department under the slogan “Reduce – Reuse – Sort for Recycling. It featured a number of environment-related competitions in a bid to promote environmental culture and contribute to reducing pollution. Brochures were distributed to staff members, with valuable information about the different methods of sorting waste. A contest was held to select the most beautiful figure made from waste.   Some 375 staff members and customers benefited from the outreach campaign, which also focused on acquainting staff members electronically with the services and conducting a survey to assess their satisfaction with the recycling services related to hygiene and pest control.

Colonel Ibrahim Al Shamesi, Deputy Director of Vehicles and Drivers Licensing Department at Abu Dhabi Police, noted that acquainting the department’s staff members with the waste sorting process is a part of the events organized by the Abu Dhabi Police in the area of environment protection. “These events fall in line with Vehicles and Drivers Licensing Department’s objectives, which embody the Ministry of Interior’s vision to develop an environmentally-friendly strategy and green applications, and to standardize environment protection efforts,” added Colonel Al Shamesi.

Furthermore, he stressed that cooperating with Tadweer  will  enhance the environmental awareness culture and encourage the Licensing Department’s staff members to get acquainted with the waste management process and its optimal use.

For his part, Khaled Al Bloushi, Head of Public Awareness Section at “Tadweer” (The Centre for Waste Management-Abu Dhabi) indicated that organizing awareness-raising campaigns is a part of our societal responsibility to foster environmental awareness and promote the public health protection culture. “These campaigns also aim to acquaint community members with the importance of reducing waste generation, reusing and recycling,” he noted. Adding further, he underlined the center’s keenness to improve the quality of life for community members. Al Bloushi also indicated that inculcating good health practices is a shared responsibility that requires concerted efforts between all authorities and entities in the public and private sectors, in order to achieve a healthy and sustainable environment.

On the same note, Nada Khamis, Public Education First Officer at Tadweer, stressed that such campaigns and initiatives foster awareness of community members about the damages associated with the random dumping of waste, which can impair the aesthetic appearance of the city, and undermine the efforts to preserve public health and support environmental sustainability.

It is worth mentioning that the Centre for Waste Management-Abu Dhabi, “Tadweer” collaborates with its strategic partners to access best practices in waste management. The center is also keen to instill a best-practice methodology to reduce waste generation at source, reuse and recycle.

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