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Msheireb Properties Awards Novel Waste Recycling Contract
Doha, August 20 (QNA) - Msheireb Properties has awarded Sweden's ENVAC AB a major contract to install automated waste recycling system for its Msheireb Downtown project in Doha.
The system, which can handle around 80% of household waste, will see three vertical chutes installed in each residential building, with inlets on each floor. Each is specially designed to handle organic waste such as kitchen refuse, 'dry' mixed recyclables such as glass, plastic, metal, cardboard packaging, newspapers and residual waste such as wet paper, clothes, and other refuse.
ENVAC's automated process uses air as a medium to suck the waste through a steel pipe network to a centralised waste collection terminal, which can be as far as three kilometers away from the point of discharge. Commercial, retail and other users in the building will have their own dedicated inlets, while supermarkets, hotels and other standalone buildings will also get a dedicated connection to the network.
Msheireb Properties Projects Director Mohammed Al Marri said, "The Gulf's remarkable growth story has also affected the environment to a degree, which is why offsetting the impact of any development is at the heart of Msheireb Properties' vision. With this system from ENVAC, combined with an education campaign for all residents, we can ensure Msheireb Downtown is at the forefront of the world's 'Green cities' movement."
Education is critical to getting the most out of this system, he said. "Recycling, however, still isn't necessarily upper-most in people's minds, which is why we in partnership with ENVAC are also putting together a programme which will put in place weekly workshops on how to use ENVAC, as well as organizing visits to the collection centre to see how the waste is collected and segregated."
Such educational programmes residents of Msheireb Downtown will make the neighbourhood's green credentials a real point of pride, he added.
ENVAC is a pioneer in waste collection and recycling, and invented its vacuum-based system of collection and segregation as far back as 1961. Since then it has become recognized as a world-leader is residential and industrial automated waste processing facilities.
Msheireb Properties established in August 2007, is part of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) , and aims to develop concepts pioneered in modern cities with innovative engineering designs inspired by the Arab heritage. (QNA)
The system, which can handle around 80% of household waste, will see three vertical chutes installed in each residential building, with inlets on each floor. Each is specially designed to handle organic waste such as kitchen refuse, 'dry' mixed recyclables such as glass, plastic, metal, cardboard packaging, newspapers and residual waste such as wet paper, clothes, and other refuse.
ENVAC's automated process uses air as a medium to suck the waste through a steel pipe network to a centralised waste collection terminal, which can be as far as three kilometers away from the point of discharge. Commercial, retail and other users in the building will have their own dedicated inlets, while supermarkets, hotels and other standalone buildings will also get a dedicated connection to the network.
Msheireb Properties Projects Director Mohammed Al Marri said, "The Gulf's remarkable growth story has also affected the environment to a degree, which is why offsetting the impact of any development is at the heart of Msheireb Properties' vision. With this system from ENVAC, combined with an education campaign for all residents, we can ensure Msheireb Downtown is at the forefront of the world's 'Green cities' movement."
Education is critical to getting the most out of this system, he said. "Recycling, however, still isn't necessarily upper-most in people's minds, which is why we in partnership with ENVAC are also putting together a programme which will put in place weekly workshops on how to use ENVAC, as well as organizing visits to the collection centre to see how the waste is collected and segregated."
Such educational programmes residents of Msheireb Downtown will make the neighbourhood's green credentials a real point of pride, he added.
ENVAC is a pioneer in waste collection and recycling, and invented its vacuum-based system of collection and segregation as far back as 1961. Since then it has become recognized as a world-leader is residential and industrial automated waste processing facilities.
Msheireb Properties established in August 2007, is part of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) , and aims to develop concepts pioneered in modern cities with innovative engineering designs inspired by the Arab heritage. (QNA)
