Converting landfills into green zones

Converting landfills into green zones Staff Reporter (news@khaleejtimes.com) / 28 May 2013 Dubai Municipality’s Waste Management Department held an environmental campaign under the theme of ‘Plant for the Planet’. Spearheaded by hazardous waste treatment plant officials at their site in Jebel Ali, the objective is to convert a landfill into a green zone. Green Hope UAE, a youth environmental group, comprising students from various schools in the UAE are working with the municipality’s Waste Management Department on this initiative. Green Hope’s primary objective is to involve children and youth of the region in the drive towards sustainable development, and they have been recognised and felicitated by Dubai Municipality for being a part of their ‘Clean Up The World’ Campaign. Green Hope’s work in this regard is supported by Al Tamimi Engineering Services LLC, an electro-mechanical contracting company based in Dubai, which focuses greatly on Environmental Conservation activities. Taylor Scott International