Elite Paper Recycling, one of the largest paper recycling companies of Qatar, has planned to establish its own manufacturing unit to produce paper bags at attractive price by the end of 2020 that will replace plastic bags currently being used at retail stores.
“The move aims at replacing plastic bags being used at shopping complexes and supermarkets with environment friendly paper bags to ensure the sustainability of the country,” said M Abdallah Al Suwaidi, Chairman of Elite Paper Recycling company.
He said that the company is currently producing 3,000 tonnes of paper products in a month mainly carton boxes from recycled papers.
Al Suwaidi was speaking at MoU partnership signing ceremony to promote ‘Go Green Initiative Green Embassies’ held at the premises of the Embassy of Argentina yesterday.
The initiative aims at promoting sustainability and protecting environment by reducing the uses of paper waste through recycling and running campaigns to educate people about reducing wastage.
The MoU was singed by Ambassador of Argentine, Carlos Herandez and Chairman of Elite Paper Recycling company, M Abdallah Al Suwaidi.
Under the MoU, Elite Paper Recycling company will place cage for collecting discarded papers and documents at the Embassy. And the Embassy will participate in the awareness campaigns of the company.
“The Embassy of Argentina has signed the MoU under the green initiative which was joined by so far about six embassies,” said Ambassador of Argentine, Carlos Herandez.
He said that the Embassy took the first initiative by joining the initiative and many things to come afterword as the embassy supports the environmental causes because it is very important.
“This partnership is our own small contribution to a subject that should be taken seriously. I wanted to thank M Abdallah Al Suwaidi for his vision. I hope more young people were as committed as he is with the environment and our future,” said the Ambassador.
The Chairman of Elite Paper Recycling company said: “We are here today to mark the world environment day with embassy of Argentine in Qatar.”
“The green initiative is about recycling to reduce and reuse the paper products that we make. In the beginning we will recycle all papers and documents of embassy and to hold awareness campaign and events together to educate the community in this regards,” said Al Suwaidi.
He said that the company has planned to make paper bags. “We are working to reduce the use of plastic bags. By 2020, we will establishing our own factory to produce paper bags and supply to local market at competitive prices so the commercial outlets ease the commercial outlets in replacing plastic bags,” said Al Suwaidi.
He said that the company will produce large quantity of paper bags. “Our paper bags will cover Qatari market and the surplus will be exported,” said Al Suwaidi.
He said that the company is currently producing over 3,000 tonnes of paper products mainly carton boxes from recycled papers in a month. “About 20 percent products are being sold in local market and remaining 80 percent are being exported to GCC countries, Jordan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and South Africa,” said Al Suwaidi.
He said that his company signed over 800 contracts with private companies which have waste papers and deployed over 2,000 cages of dumpsters for collecting papers across the country.
“We are covering now over 60 percent local market in term of collecting paper waste which helped stop carton boxes and paper going in garbage bins,” said Al Suwaidi.
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