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Vesela Todorova

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Clean fuels top UAE's green strategy

May 14, 2013

The Ministry of Environment is driving the effort in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Office of the Prime Minister and the Global Green Growth Institute.Read article "Clean fuels top UAE's green strategy"

Sharjah centre registers 41 people who wish to donate their bone marrow

May 12, 2013

A medical research centre in Sharjah has registered 41 people who expressed a desire to donate their bone marrow to patients around the world.Read article "Sharjah centre registers 41 people who wish to donate their bone marrow "

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Changing the face of Dubai: 10 major construction projects

May 17, 2013

Ten major construction projects under way in Dubai were inspected by the director general of the civic body this week. Read article

Desado gets inspiration from Fab.com for expansion after launch success

May 17, 2013

A Dubai design website modeled on the world's fastest growing e-commerce company is planning to expand across the GCC after recording month on month growth of 25 per cent.Read article

Latest Comments

Are biodegradable bags in the UAE doing more harm than good?

May 14 , 2013 | 06:32AM GST

Western expat

I would much rather plastic bags of all sorts were banned, biodegradable or not, they seem to blow around everywhere - you find them in the desert, you find then in steets & in your garden, you find then in the sea when scuba diving, you find them fastened up in bushes and trees, you find them stuck to the exhaust of your car only when the smell overpowers you as you park. Lets be done with plastic bage, cheap and nasty, all perbasive and seemingly everlasting. Charge people a dirham a bag, then in three months double it, double it again, and keep doubling the price per bag - when it hits your pocket you begin to take notice.

Are biodegradable bags in the UAE doing more harm than good?

May 14 , 2013 | 06:32AM GST

biosphereplastic

There are other technologies which allow for the plastic bags to be recycled. It would be wise for the UAE to look at competing technologies which do not change the recycling stream. BioSphere Plastic has this technology and it is less expensive than the Oxodegradable technologies.

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