Dubai: Dubai Municipality continues to implement its annual plan that targets preserving
the cleanliness of these areas and raising awareness of its visitors through
permanent field monitoring, cleaning work and using digital awareness methods;
as part of its periodic plan to continue the sustainable cleaning of desert areas.
Dubai Municipality enhances its social responsibility to provide highest level of
services and promotes the general cleanliness to global standards. This to
preserve a sustainable and clean environment in Dubai including the desert
areas, which the municipality focuses on it mostly during this period of time;
visitors increasing during winter and low temperature weather. This emphasizes
the importance of permanent fieldwork of cleaning following highest international
standards.
Awareness Campaign:
Dubai Municipality has launched an awareness campaign prior the visiting
season of desert areas last October, entitled “Our desert is Beautiful” under the
slogan “Together for a Sustainable Clean Desert”. A film to educate the public on
how properly and safely dispose the barbequing waste has produced and
published through the municipality’s social media platforms, in order to distribute
the maximum awareness amongst society members. As part of the campaign
program, 42 awareness field visits were conducted, benefiting more than 3,200
people in these areas. General hygiene requirements in desert areas and public
awareness about disposing waste in designated places helps preserving the
desert environment and the safety of its visitors.
Field Work:
Dubai Municipality is preserving the desert cleanliness with a specialized team
that implements a daily cleaning program in Al Awir, the extension of Sheikh
Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, Tripoli Street, Al Tayy area, the extension
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of Al Qudra Street, the third Al Rawya area, and the second Al Warsan areas, the
third, Marghem Street, the tourist areas in Hatta, Al Qudra Lakes, the second
Lehbab area and all other open areas in Dubai. 40 sign boards have been
installed and about 220 tons of public waste have been removed from these
areas since the beginning of last October until now. In addition to the
implementation of 6 field volunteer activities in these sites, which witnessed the
participation of more than 1,400 volunteers.
