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Folks,

I have probably over 100 empty cans and plastic bottles I don't want to throw them out in the garbage (but them my apt will look like a street persons abode). Anyone know a please to recycle them? I live in the Marina Area.

And you do know whether I just simply bring them in or is there a hazzle.

I am surprised (or maybe should not be) that there is no recycling program in Dubai (at least none that I am aware of)

Thanks.

Nahhhhhhhhhhhh, has Kanelli paid you to post this by any chance ??

Just chuck em in the bin.

arnie
actually there is one near where i live...the springs...there is a choitrams at the springs which has 3 seperate recycle bins for bottles/paper/plastic....been recycling there for 2 months....easy enough if you can be bothered to drive down...also i recall that chiotrams does have a recylcing plan in some of its branches...worth giving them a call and finding out...

Cons

dont you start

K has already told me about the new recycling scheme, she was soooooooo excited, but i tried to educate her the "arnie way to recycle" but i didnt think she was too impressed

i aint no treehugger...but i try and do me bit ....you know saving the future generations and all....haha!!...having said that am off for afternoon beers before bowling...arnie hope to see ya in this part of the world soon mate...

be over next month buddy will be sure to hook up

arniegang wrote:Nahhhhhhhhhhhh, has Kanelli paid you to post this by any chance ??

Just chuck em in the bin.

No but recycling doesn't hurt anybody.

It's like wearing a seatbelt - you don't have to but if you don't: perhaps a fine, a bump in the forehead or death.

Arniegang is a lost cause I think

I'm not sure where you live concord, but there are recycling bins at some gas stations, and local shopping centres - you just need to check your local area. Our area (Springs) has a new recycling program, but I don't know what their range of service is. We have just signed up and are waiting for our Project Green Earth boxes. On a certain day in the week they will come to our door and collect cans, glass, newspapers, cardboard, and plastic. Awesome

http://www.projectgreenearth.org/ (Once on the page, click the link to download the brochure.)

http://www.dubaibritishschool.ae/recycling.htm

There we go told ya - K's on da case

DESS also have recycling containers at the front of the school on Oud Metha. I always think that Dubai Recycling is an oxymoron.
You buy five items and get six plastic bags.

What's DESS?

Sorry, being a JJ (Jumeirah Jane) and a mummy I forgot you wouldn't know! It is a school-Dubai English Speaking School-they have the containers at the front of the school inside the gate-the guard at the gate is a nice bloke and he'll point you in the right direction.

Spinneys on Trade Centre Road has recycling bins at the back, not sure if any of the others do. Just glass plastic and paper for now but sure they will refine it and we'll have a full system for cans and stuff before too long.



Knight

Gawdddddddddddddd

Not you 2 as well

It surprises the hell out of me just how much rubbish I generate in the this country! Just chucking it all in the bin is a crime...back home we would never have done it and I think it is a good thing for everyone to do...before we all drown in little blue plastic bags, non biodegradable plastic water bottles and crap McDonalds boxes that have a half life of about a million years!

Take a trip down the Emirates Road and, just as you get to Sharjah, wind down your car window and try to breathe! The municipal waste dump there creates a smell that is almost undescribable!

Recycling is the law in many European coutries now, why not here?



Jolly Green Knight

Thanks Gab,

Now that I know what it is; where is it? Perhaps closer to the Marina than the other suggestions.

DK








SHUT UP

Anymore positive posts about recycling and i will lock the thread.

But Arnie me old mucker...aren't you worried where all the empty champagne bottles and foie gras (go for his ankles Chocs!!!!) tins end up after you dump them outside? When the pile reaches your balcony what then?

I have to say I have been recycling all my Turkish Delight wrappers and they make wonderful thermal blankets for terrapins!

My wooden stirring spoon has honed edges!!!



Knight

I wonder whether the reclycling centers above mentioned will have a reaction to recycling beer cans and wine or hard liquor bottles. Could be interesting.

Dubai Knight wrote:...before we all drown in little blue plastic bags, non biodegradable plastic water bottles and crap McDonalds boxes that have a half life of about a million years!
Jolly Green Knight

Someone has been reading alot about Geology stuff!!

Palkid7 wrote:

Dubai Knight wrote:...before we all drown in little blue plastic bags, non biodegradable plastic water bottles and crap McDonalds boxes that have a half life of about a million years!
Jolly Green Knight

Someone has been reading alot about Geology stuff!!

Actually I heard somewhere that every single McDonalds container and every single 'disposable' nappy (diaper for the Yanks!) that has ever been made is still in existence and will be 1,000 years from now! Apparently they dont break down! Burning them releases toxic gases into the atmosphere, so most are either dumped in landfills or ground down to make duvets fillings or something!

Hurrumph!



Knight

Dubai Knight wrote:Actually I heard somewhere that every single McDonalds container and every single 'disposable' nappy (diaper for the Yanks!) that has ever been made is still in existence and will be 1,000 years from now! Apparently they dont break down! Burning them releases toxic gases into the atmosphere, so most are either dumped in landfills or ground down to make duvets fillings or something!

Hurrumph!



Knight

That's why in environmentally minded countries they only use recyclable packaging - ie. plastic wrappers & cardboard boxes. Makes sense.

DK

I live way toooooooooo far up to have rubbish piled up outside my balcony.

Look lets get things into perspective the Arnie way.

I'm all for recycling as long as i dont have to do it.

arniegang wrote:DK

I live way toooooooooo far up to have rubbish piled up outside my balcony.

Look lets get things into perspective the Arnie way.

I'm all for recycling as long as i dont have to do it.

You wouldn't anyway mate...its womans work!

(I'm ducking for when that one hits the airwaves!)



Knight

Good idea DK

"a womans work is never done"

me taking cover as well now - run awayyyyyyyyyyy

Concord wrote:Thanks Gab,

Now that I know what it is; where is it? Perhaps closer to the Marina than the other suggestions.

DESS is near Lamcy and Wafi-now that'll confuse you even more!!

Gab,

Thanks I am sure I'll find it by simply looking at the many reliable maps of Dubai - may end up in India instead but..

Concord wrote:Gab,

Thanks I am sure I'll find it by simply looking at the many reliable maps of Dubai - may end up in India instead but..

Reliable maps in Dubai!! PMSL

Concord wrote:Gab,

Thanks I am sure I'll find it by simply looking at the many reliable maps of Dubai - may end up in India instead but..

same same!



Knight