DUBAI, 25 May 2007 — The Dubai-based Al-Rostamani Group has launched an initiative, Emirates Recycling LLC, which is dedicated to the recycling and recovery of the city’s construction and demolition (C&D) waste. The Emirates Recycling Plant, built at a cost of over AED65 million and located in the Al-Lusaily area on the Al-Ain-Jebel Ali Road, will have the capacity to convert the more than eight million tons of construction waste material generated in Dubai annually into usable road and construction base aggregate. The first facility of its kind in the entire Middle East, Emirates Recycling has begun its recycling activities on April 15, 2007. It will operate at full capacity by September 2007. Hussain Nasser Lootah, acting director general of Dubai Municipality, said the civic body handled 10.5 million tons of C&D waste in 2006. C&D waste, he added, makes up 75 percent of the total waste generated in Dubai every year.
DSOA Unveils Prime Project
DUBAI, 25 May 2007 — Dr. Mohammed Al- Zarouni, vice chairman and chief executive officer- of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), unveiled on Tuesday a landmark development valued at AED1.55 billion in the Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the region’s premier integrated innovations hub for high-tech industries. The project, which is scheduled to finish by the first quarter of 2010, includes 1,042 residential villas and offers lifestyle choices never before on offer.