Recycling Awareness at Schools

Education gives us knowledge of the world around us. It is important to educate our children for their better upbringing in a way that can educate them valuable lessons about how to live a sustainable life.

Teaching children to care for the environment is an essential part on how to become a good citizen. It is often said that home is the first school and parents are the best teachers for a child. Once children learn to recycle at home, they can share their experiences with their classmates on sorting recyclables at school or at their sports clubs. Also, metal recycling companies in Dubai have several such recycling campaigns for children that care for their present and future.

These days, teachers in school are playing a key role in educating children about recycling and how to reduce waste. Recycling and waste disposal exhibitions, outdoor campaigns, class activities, short movies and many other fun activities and tools are being used by  teachers to help their students to know the value of money and how to protect our environment.

There are various activities for children that can be undertaken to educate them about recycling and its importance to our eco-system. Following are the most common activities that can be carried out in school:
• Conduct recycling workshops and campaigns on ways to recycle.
• Arrange health and hygiene days to let them know the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
• Place bins for each recyclable item.
• Encourage them to bring reusable bottles that can be refilled instead of using single-use plastic bottles.
• Introduce activities with recycled materials.
• Take them to library to read books on green living or show them short movies on sustainable topics.
• Encourage students to plant trees for greener world at their schools and homes.
• Discourage printing of papers and switch to electronic paper.
• Organize a team including teachers and students who can monitor the waste free environment within the school premises.
• Encourage art lover students to use recycled items for their projects.
• Arrange field trip for students to visit metal recycling companies like Lucky Recycling to understand how the different type of metals get sorted at Dubai scrap yards.
• Organize “Zero Waste Day” at their schools.

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What are the Effects of Not Recycling?

As human beings we generate millions of tons of waste every day. Usually the items are made from paper, metal, glass, tires and plastics that we throw away in the garbage - everything counts as waste. However, we often do not realize that such waste items can be used as raw materials for the production of new items.  Not to mention landfills are a burden for our planet as it has environmental as well as economic impact to our society.

If we don’t recycle waste, they will pile up and accumulate and with each passing day, this will create more landfills. Some of waste disposed off can also seep into the groundwater and contaminate our drinking water along with the harmful chemicals that can also mix with environment.

To utilize valuable recyclable from landfills into the scrap recycling industry, it is very important to recycle scrap metals through which we can significantly contribute to the conservation of the earth’s natural resources and contribute significantly to the economy.

Effective recycling can also reduce the overall production of greenhouse gases. The recycling industry produces way less greenhouse gas per unit, compared to the quantity of gas emitted as a result of the manufacturing the same unit of the specific product. The reduction in greenhouse gas emission can significantly improve the negative effects caused by global warming.

We can all make a difference by recycling all that we can.  So, what are you going to recycle next?

How does Metallic Appliances be Useful for the Recycling Industry?

From microwaves to dishwashers and even air conditioners - we often throw away once the appliances starts to perform poorly or when the maintenance cost is high.  However, it is not a wise decision to dispose-off into garbage, instead we can recycle these devices properly. In several Dubai Scrap Yards, we usually see heaps of rejected apparatuses. It is worth to recycle those devices with approved electronic waste recyclers and then sell those metals to Aluminum Alloy Manufacturers in Dubai.

Proper sorting of scrap metals from those appliances can extract precious metals like copper and aluminium that can easily be sale to recycling industries. Several recycling companies, like Lucky Group, also purchase those scrap metals at a good prices.

After receiving the old appliances, the recycling companies first sort the similar type of material and remove different components from the appliances. Then, they sort the same according to the different types of metal and its grading.  Once the whole cycle is complete, then they sale those to the business houses dealing with metal products.

Precautions should be taken before removing or disposing of any hazardous part. This is because proper dismantling of old appliances requires not only experienced hands but also proper understanding of the parts.  So, it’s always advisable not to do the recycling job yourself. There are several companies available all over Dubai that will help you with the recycling process of your old appliances. They not only effectively recycle the appliances but also take care of the environmental factors.

SCRAP METAL THEFT & ITS PREVENTION

“Recycling is a part of the solution to stop materials theft”

Scrap metals theft is one of the most common crimes in the scrap metal industry. Such metals are usually stolen from sites such as vacant buildings or on-going project sites. Then the scrap metals are offered to various scrap dealers or metal recycling industries.

Although local government bodies are working effectively to crack down such criminal activities but there are additional measures through which we can protect ourselves and our business activities to reduce thefts.  Trade activities in Dubai scrap trading has taken following major steps to combat scrap metal thefts:

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Reliable Vendor: Choosing a right vendor and validating its reputation in the market plays a key role in every scrap metals trading business. Verify that the company really exists by; visiting their office & facility and verify they must carry a valid business license.

Source of Material: It is very important to check the actual source of material before buying any material. This can be verified by supporting documents of the transaction. 

Valid Documents: In additional to the standard commercial documents, it is necessary to also obtain the valid ID card of driver, driving license and vehicle registration and keep records for the same.

Security: Install CCTV surveillance to monitor daily activities.

Scrap Metals Storage: Keep all scrap metals storage areas closed or locked at the end of each day.

Restricted Area: Unauthorized persons must be restricted to access your facility.

Third party & calibrated weigh scale: Keep transparency between buyer & seller it is better to do third party weight in order to cross check the reliability of Weigh Bridge & its calibration.

Time Management: Deliveries & loading must be scheduled within day time and in the presence one of company’s representative.

Insurance: Protect your facility & metal scrap through all required insurances. 

Develop your skills through Scrap Art

Scrap metals is not only the thing which can be used for corporate business strategies but can be used by professionals or an art lovers.
There are some art materials that are fairly challenging to find out but Metal recycling companies in Dubai which has vast variety of metals availability used by an artist to showcase their creativity which we usually see in home decoration, jewellery, frames, sculptors, furniture accessories and much more.

“Transform your imagination in Scrap Art.”

Transform the scrap and highlight your creativity to an aesthetic world, will help you to improve the self-motivation.  Also scrap but art from scrap metals is unique idea to educate the local population the value of scrap metals and its utilization.

Some of those platforms like Lucky Recycling offer variety of scrap metals to discover your talent globally.