There is an increasing awareness of the need to recycle in Qatar and an overall wanting to know how we can better the environment we live in. To commemorate Qatar Sustainability Week I felt it was a perfect time to discuss recycling in Doha. Sadly, there is a lack of general knowledge on how to go about recycling in Doha and a misconception that recycling does not exist in Doha.
Once I began my research, I discovered there are many different options and types of recycling to help us achieve our goals.
Below are a list of recycling companies in Doha:
PAPER RECYCLING:
Elite Paper Recycling
Elite Paper Recycling is the largest paper factory in Qatar. They have invested in visiting schools in Doha to teach students about recycling. Elite Paper Recycling collects more than 3,000 tonnes of paper and cardboard from supermarkets and schools in Doha every month. Furthermore,Elite Paper Recycling has over 1,000 recycling cages located throughout Qatar to collect paper and cardboard. Overall, they collect around 70% of the 4,000 tonnes of paper and cardboard which is thrown away in Qatar.
Phone number: +974 4469 5000 Website
Paper Waste Dumpsters: Located near Quality Mall in Al Maamoura.
A map of Elite Paper Recycling free collection cage locations:
Al Suwaidi Paper Factory
Al Suwaidi specializes in Paper and cardboard recycling. Call: +974 6650 2094.
Paper Waste Dumpsters: Located outside Shop Rite and Al Qaisar supermarket in old airport street.
Bin-Ovation collects, processes and recycles PLASTIC (water bottle, shampoo bottle etc), ALUMINUM (soda cans, foil etc), METAL (tin cans, old utensils etc), PAPER and CARDBOARD.
Bin-Ovation provides free bins and collects the recycling materials twice a month from your residence or business.
Download the app (available in both App store and Play store) and select Qatar.
Contact them:
recyclingqatar@bin-ovation.com
www.bin-ovation.com/bin-ovation-qatar/
ELECTRONIC WASTE:
Al Haya Waste management:
Al Haya recycles electronic devices such as laptops, mobile phones, printers and ink cartridges.
They will come pick up if it’s a considerable amount.
Contact Al Haya Enviro on +974 4443-7496. Website: http://www.alhayaqatar.com/
BATTERY RECYCLING:
Rassas battery recycling factory.
• +97444351835.
rassas.battery.recycling@gmail.com or
http://www.rassas-recycling.com/
ALUMINUM RECYCLING:
Bin-Ovation collects, processes and recycles PLASTIC (water bottle, shampoo bottle etc), ALUMINUM (soda cans, foil etc), METAL (tin cans, old utensils etc), PAPER and CARDBOARD.
Bin-Ovation provides free bins and collects the recycling materials twice a month from your residence or business.
Download the app (available in both App store and Play store) and select Qatar.
Contact them:
recyclingqatar@bin-ovation.com
www.bin-ovation.com/bin-ovation-qatar/
Global Metals:
They recycle metals, aluminium and plastic.
Contact Shiela at Global Metals. Her email address is recycle@kmi.ae or call or whatsapp 3331 6990.
Global Metals Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/GlobalMetals/about/?ref=page_internal
Many households use a large green bin from Global Metals.
For QR50 per month, Global metals will pick up your metal and plastic waste. Customers are given a large 120 L green bin to collect your recycling and they do a pick up twice a month.
For Qar 75 per month, 240 L bins are sent and picked up twice a month.
Larger crates are also available for schools and companies.
PLASTIC RECYCLING:
Global Metals:
Global Metals recycles metals, aluminium and plastic.
Contact Shiela at Global Metals. Her email address is recycle@kmi.ae or call or whatsapp 3331 6990.
Many households use a large green bin from Global Metals. For QR50 per month, Global metals will pick up your metal and plastic waste. Customers are given a large 120 L green bin to collect your recycling and they do a pick up twice a month. For Qar 75 per month, 240 L bins are sent and picked up twice a month. Larger crates are also available for schools and companies.
Averda bins:
Contact Nicola Maxwell at +974 3012-3422
Bin-Ovation:
Bin-Ovation collects, processes and recycles PLASTIC (water bottle, shampoo bottle etc), ALUMINUM (soda cans, foil etc), METAL (tin cans, old utensils etc), PAPER and CARDBOARD.
Bin-Ovation provides free bins and collects the recycling materials twice a month from your residence or business.
Download the app (available in both App store and Play store) and select Qatar.
Contact them:
recyclingqatar@bin-ovation.com
www.bin-ovation.com/bin-ovation-qatar/
GLASS:
Presently there are very few options with regard to glass recycling options.
Baladna Glass bottles:
Baladna glass milk bottles can be recycled by returning them to any of their Baladna restaurants.
BALADNA CONTACT INFO: Phone: +974 4035 8833 / +974 5014 0268
Baladna Farm: North Road, Exit 44 | Umm Al-Hawaya Area | Al Khor & Al-Thakhira | Qatar
Pearl Branch in Medina centrale or Corniche Branch located Behind Orient Pearl Restaurant In Doha Corniche Email: info@baladna.co
Tip: For every seven bottles returned you get one litre of FREE milk.
How can I get involved?
Do not LITTER and try to reuse and recycle instead of throwing away items such as glass and packets.
Join Organisations such as Doha Environmental Actions group and make sure you dispose of your rubbish responsibly.
Join Wa’hab. Wa’hab aims to reduce food wastage in Qatar by connecting those with surplus food to those who are in need of food.
They partner with food outlets and charities to collect the excess food, package it
and deliver them to beneficiaries.
Would you like to help the less fortunate and Volunteer with Wa’hab?
*raise awareness about food wastage and ways to prevent it.
*raise awareness about the Wa’hab project.
*Volunteer to pack, transport and redistribute surplus food to the less fortunate with Wa’hab.
How to get in touch with Wa’hab?
Register to volunteer through https://www.wahab.qa
Email info@wahab.qa
Message them on social media
@wahab_qa
The Law:
In October 2017, HH The Emir approved a new law on public hygiene that prohibits littering in public spaces. Law No 18 of 2017 stipulates that people caught littering can be fined up to QR25,000 and given a one-year jail sentence. The law defines littering as leaving, dumping, or disposing of waste at undesignated places.
Clarifying the littering offences and the fines:
* Leaving waste, trash bags, food waste or waste paper in front of houses, roads or public places — QR300.
* Washing vehicles or machinery in unacceptable places — QR300
* Throwing tissue paper, waste, empty cans and garbage or spitting on the sidewalks or public places — QR500.
* Throwing or leaving waste, rubbish, trash bags or empty cans on the front of public stores or shops or outside the waste bins — QR500
* Throwing or leaving food waste in gardens, on the beach, in public places or land space — QR500.
EVENTS:
Doha Environmental Actions is a group dedicated to cleaning up Doha. There are regular weekend meet ups that are advertised on their Facebook page to make the beaches and historical sites in the country more beautiful and cleaner. One can take one’s own vehicle or jump in with one of the other volunteers.
@deapqatar
Qatar Sustainability Week
Qatar will be celebrating Sustainability Week from 28th October to the 4th of November 2017. To join or register for Qatar Sustainability Week 2017 one can visit the QGBC website at:
www.qatarsustainabilityweek.com/outreach/qsw
http://www.qatarsustainabilityweek.com/qsw-events-list-2017
Qatar Sustainability Summit 2017
From 26 – 27 November 2017 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Doha, Qatar practitioners, experts and researchers will come together to discuss topics on sustainability and climate change.
https://www.sustainabilitysummit.qa/
What can I do?
Use reusable bags: Both Carrefour and Lulu sell durable & reusable bags for Qar 2.50 and Qar3 and cooler bags for Qar 7
Buy rechargeable batteries as it takes 1,000 regular batteries to equal the lifespan of one rechargeable battery. When you are discarding your batteries, recycle them.
RECYCLING AT THE PEARL:
Residents have reported recycling bins In Porto Arabiya Tower 7 for plastic bottles, cardboard and cans (Not glass). Others have also seen recycling bins in the car parking at towers 8, 9 & 10 Porto Arabiya.
Clothing collection:
There is a clothing collection bin by Abu Hanifa Elementary School for boys.
Collection boxes have also been seen in the Pearl at Qanat Quartier and Medina Centrale and a collection box in Porto Arabiya tower 16 garage.
I found these large clothing collection bins in the Mosques parking lot at the Pearl.
QGBC:
Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) is on a mission to create awareness , understanding and to educate others to develop environmentally friendly habits.
QGBC has now launched a mobile application called Green Life Hero featuring tips on how to become more environmentally friendly, create awareness around events, and gives users special offers when they accumulate points in the app by making eco-friendly decisions.
QGBC hosts a ‘No Paper Day Qatar’ in April across Qatar. No Paper Day helps us reflect on and assess how companies, institutions and schools in Qatar can reduce and recycle their waste. Learn more:http://bit.ly/2nlZmAl #NPDQatar. For more info:http://qatargbc.org
Universities, Schools, Museums, Parks & Malls in Doha that are recycling:
In the park of Dahl al Hammam there are large recycling banks for paper, aluminum,plastic, and glass
At Museum of Islamic art (MIA) there are bins for Paper, Plastic and Cans. These are located at various points including outside the education centre and near the parking lot at the Mathaf bus stop.
International School of London QATAR:
There is a large ‘cage’ for all types of paper in the parking lot, on the right as cars enter the schools grounds. Elite Paper collects the paper every two weeks.
ISL Address: North Duhail, Doha
+974 4433 8600 email: mail@islqatar.org
Georgetown University Doha:
There are Plastic Recycling Bins in the following locations: All Pantries, the Atrium, Faculty Staff Lounge, Student Lounge, Student Study Area, Office Supply Room and Most Printer Stations.
Hyatt plaza Shopping mall has visible recycling bins located throughout the mall and outside divided into General waste, Cans/ Bottles and paper.
Related Recycling Articles:
Coffee Without the Guilt – How to Recycle Your Nespresso Coffee Capsules in Qatar
https://www.cleantechloops.com/easy-ways-to-recycle/
https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/opinion/15/03/2016/Waste-not,-want-not–Qatar%e2%80%99s-progress-towards-recycling
http://m.gulf-times.com/story/568517/Jail-term-fine-for-littering-in-public-spaces
http://www.dohafamily.com/Summer-2017/Sustainable-Living-in-Qatar/
http://www.dohafamily.com/Spring-2015/Thinking-green-in-Qatar/
https://www.marhaba.qa/team-up-to-clean-up/
I was unable to find any company that collects household rubbish for free. I would strongly recommend speaking to your building manager about installing recycling options in your building or work. Together we can make a difference.
I would like to thank Doha Environmental actions group for the amazing strides that they are making in creating a better Doha for us and for some of the information supplied in this article.
Disclaimer: the information in the above article is based on information gathered from a number of online sources including Facebook discussion groups. I am not liable if any of the information has changed.
If I have not added a recycling depot that you know of, kindly comment below with information about where you send your recycling.
Have you seen any other recycling initiatives in Doha?
We would love to know about them!
Photos are always welcome.
This is really detailed. Much needed info. Thanks for the effort. Will be sure to follow up on Electronics recycling and Baladna.
Thanks sumaiya!
Wow!! This is exactly the kind of info people with recycling driven mentality looks for! Thank you so much for the effort you must of put into researching this content! Really much appreciated.
Best,
Hamdi
E&SE
Thank you for the kind words! Please follow the blog, share this info to others as we all can create a change if we work together and make enough noise
Interesting and informative. Much thanks for mentioning my blog http://www.cleantechloops.com in the article.
Thank you Salman. Please let me know if I have left out any new recycling initiatives happening in Qatar.
Great information! Thanks!
Thank you
Unfortunately IKEA have stopped taking batteries, i tried about a month or 2 ago, as they said there was no facility in country to recycle them.
Thank you for the update. I did message them for the details and am still awaiting a reply. I will update the information.
love the initiative …
We can all make a difference.. thanks for reading and the support
Thank you for compiling and sharing all this info on recycling! There are bins at Dahl Al Hamam Park in Doha for paper, aluminum/plastic, and GLASS! I’m not sure who/what company actually collects them, but they are very big and do get collected. There’s an interesting article called “Waste not, want not- Qatar’s progress towards recycling” by Luzita Ball on The Peninsula who writes about this. Just wanted to pass this along with my thanks!
Dear Emily thank you for the info.. i will update it to the article. Take care
I would like to know more about cloths recycling. Where can I get this information
Hi. Have you offered it to the cleaners where you work and live? I find that workers here are very happy to take stuff also
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My school has an issue with paper waste. I would like to organise a fund raising event by educating the students on how yo recycle paper; then selling them to a company that recycles. However, I do not know where or how to start. Any suggestions or recommendations would be helpful. 🙂
Thank you for sharing all this. Do we know exactly where and how these companies are recycling what they collect? I’ve heard they take it and just dump it but I have no idea if this is actually true….
Hi. I spoke to someone yesterday that is the end collector of some of the metals recycled and they assured me that their company is recycling what they receive. I think We can do our bit and hope that the cycle is being completed. If you see any other recycling initiatives please let me know so that I can add it. Thanks. Tc