Happy news for the planet.

Dubai Sustainable City has set an ambitious plan in place to reduce single use plastics within the community by 90 percent as early January 1 2o2o.

This means that items such as plastic bags, straws, balloons, cutlery, soda and water bottles, and food packaging will be eliminated.

To support the community towards SUP phase-out, water fountains will be set up by The Sustainable City in common areas and the gym – which will eliminate the use of plastic water bottles and single-use cups. All restaurants will be requested to offer filtered water to their guests and remove plastic bottled water from their menus.

 

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“By involving all our community members, this initiative supports the global efforts to combat climate change, the green vision of the UAE, and the Dubai Plan 2021, and will help avoid plastic waste pollution by inspiring behavioural change,” said Faris Saeed, CEO of Diamond Developers, in a statement.

 

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Another initiative in the area is Boomerang Bags that encourages residents to swap plastics bags for fabric, while local laundry shop suggests bringing and collecting your clothing in reusable suit bags to avoid plastic dry cleaning ones.

Sometimes its the simple changes that have the biggest impact on our environment.

Go green.

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