UAE Business: Tadweer to float tenders for waste-to-energy, MRF-DRF facilities – Gulf Digital News

  • Date: 19-Jan-2022
  • Source: Gulf Digital News
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UAE Business: Tadweer to float tenders for waste-to-energy, MRF-DRF facilities – Gulf Digital News





Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) will soon be floating tenders for two key projects - a waste-to-energy project and a MRF-RDF (Material Recovery Facilities- Refuse Derived Fuel) project during the first quarter of 2022, said its top official.



This comes in line with Tadweer's 2022 plan to complete a series of strategic projects and initiatives, stated Dr Salem Al Kaabi, the Director General of Tadweer.





Some of the big Tadweer projects include waste-to-aviation fuel facility, a unit to extract gas from landfills in addition to establishment of engineering cells and importing waste from outside the emirate," he added.





Al Kaabi was speaking at the eighth edition of EcoWASTE 2022 Exhibition and Forum, held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) as part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). 







He also discussed Tadweer strategic initiatives and its plans and expected achievements for 2022.







On its key 2021 achievements, Al Kaabi said Tadweer had succeeded in reducing the amount of waste sent to the emirate's landfills by 40 per cent and was now working to achieve its strategic goal of 80% reduction by 2030. 

At the forum, Al