UAE: New initiatives announced to bid single-use plastics, paper goodbye in RAK

The brand new initiatives take an additional step by decreasing the consumption of things with excessive environmental impression

Ras Al Khaimah Municipality revealed the ‘single-use plastic no extra’ and the ‘go paperless’ initiatives on Thursday throughout a workshop to launch new inexperienced public procurement programmes within the Emirate.

The inexperienced public procurement programme of Ras Al Khaimah has supported the adoption of sustainable procurement practices within the Emirate since 2020.

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, chairman of the Public Service Division of the RAK authorities, many officers from authorities entities and personal organisations attended the occasion.

Munther Mohammed bin Shekar, director-general of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, Dr Saif Alghais, Yousef Alblooshi, director-general of the Division of Finance, and Ramy Jallad, CEO of RAKEZ, formalised their dedication to the brand new initiatives in a signing ceremony within the presence of Sheikh Ahmed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi.

Whereas presenting the ‘single-use plastic no extra’ initiative, Dr Saif Al Ghais, director-general of the Surroundings Safety and Growth Authority, mentioned, “Elimination of single-use plastics is a worldwide precedence because it additionally enhances the sustainability of our assets. We wish to do our half, each by straight decreasing consumption of all these merchandise within the authorities and in addition by selling intervention available in the market by way of a wide range of measures”.

Ramy Jallad, the CEO of RAKEZ mentioned the go-paperless initiative is a key space of alternative is using digital strategies of communication and certification, accompanied by extra in depth worker consciousness and controls.

The Inexperienced Public Procurement program was began in 2020 with the introduction of standards for procurement of regularly bought product classes, equivalent to paper, furnishings, gentle autos, air-con, family home equipment, carpets, IT gear and others.

The brand new initiatives take an additional step by decreasing the consumption of things with excessive environmental impression. The related regulation could be discovered on the Reem web site of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, www.reem.rak.ae.

The Inexperienced Public Procurement program is an enabler of the Ras Al Khaimah Power Effectivity and Renewables Technique 2040, established below the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.

The technique targets 30 per cent power financial savings, 20 per cent water financial savings, and 20 per cent contribution of electrical energy from renewable sources by 2040. The technique helps the UAE commitments for local weather change mitigation and the UN Sustainable Growth Objectives.

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