UAE | Environment
Courier service pushes ahead with biodegradable bags across the region
Environment-friendly material, available in Middle East and North Africa, can degrade in two years.
- By Kevin Scott, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:14 April 13, 2008
- The bag will leave behind water, carbon dioxide and biomass.
- Image Credit: Supplied Picture
Dubai: One of the world's leading logistics providers is switching to eco-friendly courier bags.
DHL Express has introduced a new biodegradable material to replace plastic bags in its operations throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
The decision comes as Gulf News presses ahead with its campaign urging people to say 'No to Plastic Bags'.
The new bags are recyclable and can degrade in as little as two years, leaving behind only natural elements - water, carbon dioxide and biomass.
Janet Jweihan, DHL Express Country Manager for the UAE, said: "We are constantly seeking new ways to support sustainable development, over and above existing international conservation standards and guidelines. One result of the UAE's rapid growth is a per-capita waste generation of around 725kg.
"We want to positively impact on our communities and adhere to an incremental environmental strategy."
The switch to biodegradable bags is part of DHL's worldwide initiative to reduce its environmental footprint across the 220 countries in which it operates.
Share this article
More from UAE Environment
More from UAE
Popular in UAE
-
Your pictures
Readers' pictures
The best reader pictures from around the UAE this week
Latest news
- Shaikh Mohammad leaves for UK
- Ex-minister acquitted of defrauding woman
- Student tackles used cooking oil
- Road accidents the leading cause of brain injuries in Dubai
- No one wants to teach
- Notary phone bookings to start next month
- Move abandoned vehicles out of the way
- Fishmongers, consumers trade charges
- DIFF function to raise funds for Aids charity
- Seven held trying to fly from Abu Dhabi illegally
- Haj mission's H1N1 measures lauded
- Employer prosecuted for false accusation
- Number of Saudi students rises
- English to stay as medium of instruction
- Petrol fumes at gas stations are threat to health
Community Reports
-
Keeping out curious cats in Abu Dhabi
Felines trapped in electrical substations create a nuisance
-
Construction site turned into dump
Sharjah residents using abandoned spot to dispose of waste
-
Stop disregarding road rules
Gulf News reader calls on authorities to curb reckless driving during rush hours in Mussafah industrial area underpass
-
Public transport is the way to go
Residents must stop complaining about feeder buses taking up parking space
