An integrated environment and waste management company will install reverse vending machines designed to collect and recycle domestic light bulbs and batteries across the UAE, making the Gulf country the second nation in the world, after the UK to adapt this technology.
UAE-based Bee'ah will install the Reverse Vending Machines supplied by UK-based Reverse Vending Corporation.
"We are honoured to be joining forces with reVend - an industry leader in reverse vending design and innovation - to help diminish the hazardous effects of waste on both human health and the environment," said Khaled Al Huraimel, Group Chief Executive Officer of Bee'ah.
"The introduction of these ground-breaking Reverse Vending Machines is set to help Bee'ah further advance its goal of achieving zero-waste to landfill in Sharjah, an objective which will catapult the emirate into the Environmental Capital of the Middle East and make it the first Arab city ever to divert 100 percent of its waste from landfill," he said.
The reVend firm has appointed Bee'ah as their distributor and reseller of the light bulbs and batteries RVMs and the plastic bottles and cans RVMs in the Middle East and are together working to expand the presence in the market.
Carol Hall, Managing Director of Reverse Vending Corporation reVend, said: "We are pleased to have formed a strategic partnership with Bee'ah to bring new, state-of-the-art reVend 'Reverse Vending' Recycling Technologies to the Middle East. ReVend has over 28 years of reverse vending experience"
"We invented the very first Reverse Vending Recycling Machines for domestic light bulbs. Now we are proud to say that these machines will be exclusive to Bee'ah across the Middle East", he added.
In recent years, with the amount of untreated waste growing at an alarming rate, recycling solutions for the lighting industry have garnered strong international interest.
After all used light bulbs often end up in landfills, which pose a significant danger to the environment and prove costly.
