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EAD Spellathon to cover waste management too
ABU DHABI — The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has announced that starting from this academic year it has introduced the concept of waste management to students aged 12 and 13 under its Enviro-Spellathon environmental education programme.
The new programme will educate children not only about waste management but also about different sources of waste and why it is important to manage it properly.
If they are told that it takes 700 years for plastic bags and 500 years for glass bottles to decompose, they will be more interested in reusing and recycling these items, rather than just throw them away, according to experts.
According to EAD statistics, the UAE has the highest per capita of waste in the world, with each individual producing 750kg of waste annually.
Education being the most important step towards solving these environmental problems, the EAD launched the Enviro-Spellathon five years ago, targeting students aged between 7 and 13 years old.
During the 2005-06 academic year, the programme was attended by 91,961 students from 292 government and private schools.
Although the project was initially launched for Abu Dhabi, schools from other parts of the UAE started to take part in it.
The EAD booklets also inform students about the Emirates’ marine environment, desert wildlife and water resources.
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, director of the Emirates Wildlife Society, who spoke on behalf of the EAD during Tuesday’s programme to launch the initiative, said that the new generations empowered with environmental awareness can and will make a difference in their future.
“Students should know about waste management as it will greatly contribute to a more environmentally aware and active society in the future,” added Mubarak.
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