Waste management concept Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

Characteristics:

• Treatment of commercial and construction waste and waste of households
• Observation period: 25 year
• Approx. 18 project sites for logitics and treatment

Scope of Work:

• Development of concepts for the treatment of waste streams
• Recommendation of the treatment technique
• Preliminary planning
• Site selection
• Description of operator models

Description:

At the moment Dubai is going through a phase of tremendous economic growth related to a rapid growth of the population. A consequence of this is a sharp increase of the amount of waste. Nakeel is Dubai’s largest property developer and attracts global attention with eyecatching projects like Waterfront, Jebel Ali- Palme, Deira- Palme and the World. Now Nakheel undergoes a transition from being a developer towards a provider of municipal services for its projects.
In this study, opportunities for sustainable resources and waste management should be elicited to establish waste-to-energy technology in Dubai. Key aspects of this study are:

• Form of waste separation and collection
• Alternatives of adequate waste treatment for different waste streams
• Analysis of barriers and pitfalls
• Representation of operator models for the client
• pre-planning of the implementation phase (incl. site selection and time planning)