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Plant to recycle construction waste

SHARJAH — The first recycling plant for construction waste in the UAE was opened at Al Saja'a Industrial Area on Sunday, as part of the Sharjah Municipality's move to encourage recycling in the emirate.

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Afkar Ali Ahmed

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Published: Tue 20 May 2008, 8:37 AM

Last updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 7:10 PM

"Our future plan includes setting up more high-capacity recycling facilities for plastic, wood, glass and used tyres," said Dr Salah Al Hajj, Director-General of the municipality.

Covering a surface area of 60,000 square metres, the plant in Al Saja'a Industrial Area was built at a cost of Dh36 million and can manage up to 6,000 tonnes of waste a day.

However, Al Hajj noted that the plant is not expected to reach its maximum capacity and will most probably manage 4,000 tonnes of waste a day.

"It is now mandatory for all construction companies to transport the wastes to this plant, including the rubble from the demolished buildings," said Al Hajj.

Sharjah produces more than 7,000 tonnes of waste a day, more than 50 per cent of which is construction wastes, according to Humaid Al Mualla, project engineer at the municipality.

He explained that the plant could handle steel and concrete, in addition to all the other materials used for construction.

The waste is sorted according to the size and composition and the recycled concrete will be sold again as gravel to build roads," said Al Mualla.

The recycled steel will be sold to construction companies at cheap prices.

While the price of one tonne of new steel is approximately Dh45,000, the same quantity of recycled steel will only be Dh1,500, according to Al Mualla.

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