Abu Dhabi has moved further in its drive to discourage use of single-use plastic, with Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) launching a range of ‘Big Zero’ installations throughout the emirate as collection points for depositing single-use plastic bottles.
The bottles will be used for recycling. The installations will be placed in prime locations with high footfall such as malls, parks and events.
The ‘Big Zero’ installations are part of the larger ‘Mission to Zero’ campaign, aimed to achieve an aspirational zero target for single-use plastic consumption, carbon emissions, waste, and harm to biodiversity in Abu Dhabi.
The installations will be mobile and will move to different places in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra Region to ensure that the capital is fully covered.
ADNEC Group hosted the first three installations of three large ‘Big Zero’ at the Abu Dhabi hunting and equestrian exhibition, which is currently underway.
Ahmed Baharoon, a senior executive at EAD said the company was certain that it would be able to collect a remarkable amount of bottles and avoid the public disposing of them in a way that harms the environment.
Another element of ‘Mission to Zero’ is the schools’ ‘pile it up’ campaign – a challenge launched in Abu Dhabi schools that encourages them to compete in the collection of the most single-use plastic bottles for recycling.
‘Mission to Zero’ is part of the single-use plastic policy announced by EAD in 2020.
The implementation of the ban on single-use plastic bags in the emirate began on June 1, 2022.
Major retailers such as Abu Dhabi Co-operative Society, Spar, Carrefour, Lulu Hypermarket, Choithrams, Spinneys and Waitrose have already switched over to multi-use grocery bags.
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