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DEWA employees recycle more than 400,000 plastic bottles and aluminium cans in 2025 Over 1.3 million bottles and cans recycled since October 2022 · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to our professional briefing. Today,
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  we're examining a highly effective workplace
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  sustainability initiative. Oh, nice. It comes
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  straight out of the UAE. It is a perfect example
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  of turning environmental policy into daily practice.
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  Employees of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
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  recycled... Get this, 412 ,041 plastic bottles
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  and aluminum cans in 2025 alone. Wow, that's
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  huge. They did this using smart recycling machines
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  installed across several Diwa buildings. What
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  makes this really work is how it integrates with
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  employee daily life. Operated through Diwa's
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  smart office app, the machines actually scan
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  employees' QR codes. Right. This enables them
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  to earn points for each transaction. They even
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  qualify for monthly raffle draws offering valuable
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  prizes. By gamifying the process, the numbers
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  have grown incredibly. Just looking at the timeline,
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  since the installation of the machines in October
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  2022 and up to the end of the first quarter of
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  2026, Yeah? employees have diverted more than
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  19 tons of waste from landfill. They recycled
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  over 1 .3 million plastic bottles and aluminum
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  cans. That is a massive reduction in landfill
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  waste. Ultimately, the initiative supports Diwa's
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  vision to be a globally leading sustainable and
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  innovative corporation, committed to achieving
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  net zero by 2050. Definitely. At the same time,
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  it reflects its efforts to promote sustainable
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  practices in both the workplace and at home.
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  And this is a... operating in a vacuum. It actively
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  supports the circular economy. This initiative
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  aligns with the Dubai Integrated Waste Management
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  Strategy 2021 -2041. Right. This strategy promotes
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  innovation in waste management, recycling, and
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  waste -to -energy solutions. It delivers practical
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  and sustainable responses to environmental challenges.
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  It also supports Diwa's Circular Economy Strategy,
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  which focuses on optimizing resource use and
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  maximizing economic, social, and environmental
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  value. Absolutely. It aims to support sustainability
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  across the UAE and Dubai. Diwa's Circular Economy
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  Strategy serves as a comprehensive framework,
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  guiding its efforts to expand circular economy
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  applications and adopt global best practices.
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  This contributes to sustainable economic growth
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  while protecting the environment and ensuring
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  the responsible use of natural resources. To
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  make that actionable, the strategy is built on
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  five key principles. First is circular design
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  and the use of recyclable materials. Okay. The
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  rest are optimized asset management, value retention
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  and end -of -life treatment, promotion of renewable
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  energy and water efficiency, and finally, the
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  activation of circular partnerships. And it ensures
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  every stakeholder is involved because it also
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  highlights Diwa's value chain. Yeah. They really
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  focus on smart users, circular procurement, and
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  supplier engagement. It's a remarkable blueprint
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  for corporate environmental responsibility. Now,
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  here's a question we'd like you to think about.
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  Oh, go ahead. How could your own workplace implement
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  smart technology and gamification? Imagine transforming
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  daily waste into a driver for a circular economy.