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Underground system launched to solve waste disposal problem in Abu Dhabi
The Centre of Waste Management - Abu Dhabi launched its innovative and electrohydraulic underground waste system across Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
- Staff Report
- Published: 15:20 June 7, 2009
- Image Credit: Abdul Rahman/Gulf News
- The new system will eliminate odours, scavengers and litter around collection points. It will also improve the aesthetics and ensure a cleaner environment for the residents of Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi: The Centre of Waste Management - Abu Dhabi launched its innovative and electrohydraulic underground waste system across Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
As a part of the initial implementation stage, which will include 31 locations in the capital, the centre will begin operating the system on Wednesday and will initially operate at three locations weekly, Majid Al Mansouri, centre managing director, said.
The waste management centre has worked on implementing a new, advanced underground collection system to replace the existing bins. This system will eliminate odours, scavengers, and litter around collection points. It will also improve the aesthetics while ensuring a cleaner environment for Abu Dhabi residents.
The new containers have a larger capacity increasing the volume of waste collected, which will reduce the number of daily truck movements throughout the city.
The centre will commence the second stage of this system in the more densely populated areas of Abu Dhabi, and will focus on specific locations taking into consideration waste quantities, volume of waste containers, daily trips, and numbers of collection points.
The new underground system will be installed as a pilot project at 31 strategic locations in the Khalidyah, Tourist Club Area, the Grand Mosque, and across the city of Al Ain to examine the feasibility of the system.
The containers are fitted with censors sending alerts when full, enabling more efficient waste collection by reducing traffic. When the containers are full, specially adapted waste trucks will lift them out of the ground, empty the containers, and replace them.
The new underground system will provide centralised and strictly regulated refuse collection facilities for approved users, while barring access to non-approved users, preventing unauthorised dumping of waste.
The new system will reduce the number of daily trips from three times per day to once every two days, which will reduce the daily cost of waste collection, fuel consumption, and reduce the carbon footprint according to Koyoto Protocol.
Your comments
The dirty smell came from Hamdan Street, its really a horrible smell whenever you cross the road or drive with open windows.Hope authorities will solve this smelly issue soon.
Fahad Jamal Khan
Abu Dhabi,UAE
Posted: June 08, 2009, 16:49
We have something similar in Australia where i am from and the smell is terrible when the container is removed due to the waste is resting for too long in the container before it is removed.
Xanthe Taylor
Abu Dhabi,UAE
Posted: June 08, 2009, 16:40
I hope the new system will be fine for the dirty smells in Hamdan street, there is Toilet smell all the time from the drainage, we can't walk without closing our noses and mouth. Authorities please look out and solve this issue otherwise it will affect lots of people staying this area. Thanks.
Shihab
Abu Dhabi,UAE
Posted: June 08, 2009, 13:38
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