Recycling

Many materials can be used to create biodegradable packaging, including crop waste

Monir Bou Ghanem says single-use plastic items are the issue

New reverse vending machines and smart bins will incentivise residents to recycle plastic bottles and aluminium cans

Privately run recycling centres seek to fill the gap left by government amid three-year economic collapse

Nasa says the water is 'cleaner than what we drink on Earth' and key to long-haul journeys to the Moon and beyond

Dealers in old and broken goods say the economic crisis has made people less willing to part with them

Officials say facility used for recycling and storing plastic and other material

Sunday marks World Food Day and the time is ripe to change how we think about unsightly, but perfectly nutritious, produce

Waste management company will use funding to grow its business and promote more sustainability projects

The emirate produced an average of 2.2kg per resident in the first half of 2018

In a drive to reduce the amount of plastic waste we generate, Urban Retreat is rewarding self-sufficient diners with discounted bills

We use them once, dispose of and forget about them. But they’ll be causing damage long after we’ve gone,

Shoppers also consumed over 500 kWh of energy per sqm and used almost 11 litres of water per visitor, highlighting need for better energy and waste management

Recycling bags will be delivered to households in Al Rams, Al Dhait and the southern region

Charging for plastic bags would put the UAE on a par with countries like the UK and Ireland, where plastic bag use plummeted by up to 90 per cent after charges the equivalent of between 25 fils and 50 fils per bag were introduced.

Noof Al Refaei travels the world teaching people how to turn waste materials into furniture they can sell.

A Dubai firm has recorded 20 per cent growth in binned electronics.

A young student will go knocking on her neighbours’ doors in a Dubai community along with other children to spread the message to recycle, reuse and go green.

A highlight of this year’s Index design exhibition was an unassuming but beautifully curated installation that focused in on some of the more innovative materials currently being used in interiors.

There are plans to open two more centres in Satwa and Muhaisina.