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waste
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‘Think Green, Live Green’ drive cleans up Qatar beaches
Around 320 bags of waste were collected Qatar’s coastline. The “Think Green, Live Green” initiative has helped collect over 300 kilos of harmful waste from Al Jamail coastline, as part…
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HMC to start recycling to reduce waste
Recycling non-hazardous waste on a daily basis can reduce the amount of trash that goes to landfills, in turn greatly helping the environment. A new recycling pilot programme was launched…
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‘What’s it doing to my children’s lungs?’: Mesaieed residents and the struggle with burning waste
By Doha News Staff Dark smoke, noxious fumes, dying plants and health problems — what life is like for residents near the Mesaieed Waste Treatment Centre. It was 3 a.m.…
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Doha sees surge of single-use disposables and plastic waste litter
by Salwa Sadek Despite Qatar’s commitment to its National Vision 2030 plan and to the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030, single-use disposables and plastic waste have been on the rise since…
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This new sushi place in Qatar charges you extra for wasting food
When diners at Maison De Sushi are done eating, they're charged QR5/per piece of food left on their plates.
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Less construction waste being dumped in Qatar landfills
More than 9.35 million metric tons of construction waste was sent to landfills in Rawdat Rashid and Mesaieed in 2013. That dropped nearly one-quarter to 7.06 million tons in 2014.
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Researchers launch investigation into Qatar’s ‘shocking’ food waste
An international team led by Georgetown University aims to find out how much food is being thrown away here and why, and is seeking volunteers to keep track of what happens to the food in their house by filling out an anonymous online survey.
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Qatar eyes national household recycling scheme
As part of a new "Clean Qatar" initiative, dedicated recycling bins would be distributed to families throughout the state, and installed in neighborhoods, public spaces such as parks and in government buildings.
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