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Ministry launches initiative to sort wastes at source in hospitals, health centers

09 Dec 2019, 08:26

Doha: The General Services Affairs Sector at the Ministry of Municipality and Environmental (MME) in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has launched a programme for sorting wastes at source and recycling it at the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Health and health centres run by the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC).

The initiative was taken under a major plan of the General Cleanliness Department to implement the programme all over the country. The launch ceremony was attended by Safar Mubarak Al Shafi, Assistant Undersecretary for General Services Affairs at MME; Abdullah Ibrahim Al Emadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Shared Services Affairs at MoPH, and a number of officials from the two ministries.

Al Shafi said the waste sorting and recycling programme in Qatar comes within the framework of the great interest that the ministry attaches to developing its services in order to preserve the environment and its safety and achieve sustainable development.

He said the programme was launched following the ministry’s sustainable strategic plan, which aims to reduce the amount of waste, maintain environmental safety, benefit economically from waste recycling, achieve sustainable development, conserve natural resources, support the private sector, and contribute to the achievement of the Qatar National Vision 2030.

Al Shafi emphasised the ministry’s commitment to protect the environment and reduce environmental damage, noting that the waste sorting and recycling programme will help preserve natural resources, support private sector companies and encourage them on waste management.

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Abdullah Ibrahim Al Emadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Shared Services Affairs at the Ministry of Public Health, honouring Safar Mubarak Al Shafi (left), Assistant Undersecretary for General Services Affairs at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment during the launch ceremony.

Moqbel Al Shammari, Director of General Cleanliness Department, thanked MoPH for the quick response in implementing the programme of sorting the waste at the source.

He explained that the programme will be completed in four phases during 2019 to 2022. He said earlier under the programme, 1,624 new containers were distributed to 581 schools under the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

He said that the programme launched yesterday in the Ministry of Public Health will cover health centres, hospitals and the entire buildings of the Ministry. He said the last part of this phase will cover all buildings of banks and financial institutions.

Al Shammari said that the second phase of the programme will begin next year, and it will cover government agencies, commercial complexes, malls, universities, Karwa bus stops, hotels and public parks.

He said that third phase will start in 2021 and will target the Corniche area and Doha city during which an electronic service will be launched to collect recyclable materials from all homes in the country. Al Shammari said that finally the fourth phase will begin in 2022 and will include all facilities, buildings and venues of 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Maryam Al Muslamani, Director of Occupational Safety and Health at the Department of Primary Health Care Corporation, praised the pioneering role of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment in the field of preserving the environment, resources, limiting pollution, and reducing waste to the environment.

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