Have you ever wondered what happens to the piles of old newspapers and magazines you have at your home when you don't need them anymore? If you are living in Oman you probably would know that we don't have official recycling facilities for paper waste, let alone plastic and glass waste. Green initiatives are rare in this part of the world but good intentions that need guidance are still there!
I came across a facebook page called Muscat Waste Paper Collection. It is a green initiative founded by Zohena Dhanani providing a solution for paper waste in Oman from old newspapers, magazines and books by collecting them then exporting to Dubai or other parts of the world where recycling happens as it was explained for me when I asked them what happens to the paper after being collected. Their mission is "Save paper today for a Better future Tommorrow"
Here is how it works :
- Tell your neighbors, friends, colleagues about what to collect, big loads are preferable.
- Collect whatever paper waste you can get and you can call them so they pick up what you gathered from different locations like : houses, offices, supermarkets and malls.
See? it's that easy! just gather big loads of paper and call!
Contacts :
In order to get further information about the intiative you can call : 95921486 (zohena), for collecting the paper loads call: 97072911 (Nadir). Or you can e-mail them on : alrihamgp@gmail.com . Or simply log on to their FaceBook page : Muscat Waste Paper Collection.
Please spread the word amongst the people you know, we need more green initiatives!
UPDATES :
I found out there are other green initiatives similar to Muscat waste paper collection, so I thought of adding it in the same post as a reference , please if you have other sources, send me the contacts and info about it.
Another green initiative was : Project GreenWeek as FAITH a fellow blogger mentioned. According to their page it was founded in the Fall of 2010 by students of SQU during the period from 5th to 9th of March 2011. Too bad it wasn't extended so I hope this initiative extends it's period and expands it's coverage to outside SQU as well. Maybe if a decent number of people requested it, it might happen? check out their FaceBook page from here : Project GreenWeek
Cheers,
M
not certain who they are - but there is also one in Al Amrat just before the Toyota warehouse. They also truck it up to Dubai
ReplyDeleteThere's another team in SQU doing almost the same thing:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.facebook.com/#!/ProjectGreenWeek
Great post, keep it up ;)
Hello there - the waste paper facebook page link seems not to work...
ReplyDelete@ynotoman : can u provide us with contacts? so I can add it to this post :)
ReplyDelete@FAITH : thanx, it's a good compaign but why don't they spread it across Muscat I mean not only SQU ? :) I'll add it to the post.
@Anonymous : sorry for the broken link, I fixed it :)
Great post Maria, all these sort of activities should have more attention by the media in order for the general public to be aware of. Until a couple of weeks ago we used to throw away all our papers, several tonnes every year!!, and now we are happily giving it to Muscat Waste Paper Collection for recycling. Hope many more will do the same!
ReplyDeletei never knew this!! it was one of my many idea's to open a company like this!!
ReplyDeletei like it =D
hope the word spreads =)
Hello MaRia,
ReplyDeleteHere are some more recyclers who can help you get rid of your old paper - here are the details in case you want to post it on your blog.
AFR Trading & Contracting
Contact person: GV Panicker
Phone: 92377178
Apex Press and Publishing
(8am-6pm from Saturdays to Wednesdays, 9am-1pm on Thursdays)
Toll free no: 80076000
Mobile: 98822881
Khalfan bin Saif al Hinai Trading
Contact person: Binu Varghese
Phone: 99066079
Zenath Oman
Contact person: Fazal Mohamed
Phone: 24876747
@ Oman Collective Intelligence : Yes I saw ur input on their page! that's why I actually trusted the source and posted it here :)
ReplyDeleteI Salute Zohena for starting it :)
@Standy yes I wasn't aware of an on-going intiative myself at first and am glad to share it here so everybody can find it :)
@George thank u so much for the contacts!!!
am afraid I have to check them first so I can post them up on the blog.. again thank u very much for sharing :)