New Recycling Contacts in Oman!

a couple of months ago I blogged about " What Happens To Paper Waste in Oman". It was highlighting an individual green initiative for collecting paper waste in Oman. We still don't have official recycling facilities yet for paper waste, but the good news is more and more initiatives are surfacing recently so I thought of having a new blog post instead of updating the old one.

I was listening to HiFM Radio the other day and heard Darren announcing about a paper waste collection initiative from Apex Press and Publishing. Coincidentally,  in my old post, somebody called "George" posted about it and provided contacts!. I just never re-posted them so for those who didn't see them I'll list the contacts for Apex and other places as well for paper waste collection .

The following are the new contacts for collecting your extra paper!

Apex Press and Publishing
(8am-6pm from Saturdays to Wednesdays, 9am-1pm on Thursdays)
Toll free no: 800 76 000
Mobile: 988 22 881

AFR Trading & Contracting
Contact person: GV Panicker
Phone: 923 77 178


Khalfan bin Saif al Hinai Trading
Contact person: Binu Varghese
Phone: 990 66 079

Zenath Oman
Contact person: Fazal Mohamed
Phone: 248 76 747

If you guys have more contacts, please share them with us :)

Cheers,

M

what happens to paper waste in Oman??

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 : 

1. Tell your neighbors, friends, colleagues about what to collect, big loads are preferable.
2. 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