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13Jun 0

June 13, 2023

Responsible Recycling of Batteries

Recycling batteries is an important step to protect the environment and prevent hazardous materials from ending up in landfills. The recycling process helps to recover valuable materials and reduce the potential for pollution. Here’s a general guide on how to recycle batteries:

Identify the type of battery: Batteries are either disposable or rechargeable. Common types include alkaline, lithium-ion, nickel-cadmium (NiCd), Un-interruptible Power Supply (UPS), Mercury Cell (Small Dry Cell Batteries), and lead-acid batteries.

Check Recycling options: Battery recycling options may vary depending on the kind of batteries you have for recycling and your location. Contact Madenat Recycling to know your options.

Prepare batteries for recycling: Waste batteries are hazardous. Before recycling them, it is important to prevent potential hazards. Tape the terminals (positive and negative ends) of each battery with non-conductive tape or place them in individual plastic bags to prevent contact. This step helps to avoid accidental fires or electric shock during storage and transportation.

Drop-off or collection: Madenat Recycling conducts various Hazardous waste collection programs. You can either drop-off your batteries in these programs or at our designated drop-off locations. We also provide collection services from your location. Do contact us to explore all the right options for you.

Consider hazardous waste collection events: As a corporate, or a community, do organize hazardous waste collection event. This gives more people an opportunity to safely dispose of batteries.

Educate others: Spread awareness about the importance of battery recycling among friends, family, and colleagues. Encourage them to recycle batteries instead of throwing them away and explain the potential environmental benefits.

Remember to always follow local regulations and guidelines for battery recycling, as they may differ based on your location. Contact Madenat Recycling for proper recycling of batteries. That will help to conserve resources, reduce pollution, and contribute to a more sustainable future.

11May 0

May 11, 2023

Planet Earth Without Recycling

If people stop recycling, several negative consequences could occur. Below are a few of them.

Increased waste: Recycling helps reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. Without recycling, the amount of waste generated would increase, leading to the need for more landfill sites. This could lead to environmental problems such as pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and depletion of natural resources.
Depletion of natural resources: Recycling reduces the need for extracting and refining raw materials, such as minerals, trees, and oil, which are finite resources. Without recycling, the demand for these resources would increase, leading to their depletion and eventual exhaustion.
Increased energy use: Recycling often requires less energy than producing new products from raw materials. Without recycling, the energy required to extract, transport, and process raw materials would increase, leading to more fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Economic costs: Recycling creates jobs and generates revenue from the sale of recycled materials. Without recycling, these economic benefits would be lost, and the costs of waste disposal would increase, leading to higher taxes and fees for consumers.
Environmental degradation: Landfills are known to produce environmental problems such as pollution, greenhouse gas emissions etc. Without recycling, we would require more landfills, leading to more environmental degradation and public health concerns.

Hence, if people stop recycling, it would have negative impacts on the environment, economy, and society at large. Therefore, it is essential to continue to promote and encourage recycling as a way to reduce waste, conserve resources, and protect the environment. Are you recycling yet? If no, contact Madenat Recycling TODAY!

31Mar 0

March 31, 2023

Steps To Conduct Office Recycling Audit

Determine the scope: Identify the areas of your commercial place that you want to audit. This could include the entire building or specific areas, such as the cafeteria or loading dock.
Gather information: Gather information about current recycling awareness in your office. This could include reviewing the recycling policy and procedures, talking to employees and examining the recycling bins.
Determine the materials being generated: Identify the types and amounts of materials being generated in your office. This could include e-waste, lamps, other hazardous waste or even paper, plastic, glass, metal, and organic waste.
Analyze the current recycling practices: Analyze the current recycling practices at the commercial place, including how the materials are collected, sorted, and disposed of. This could include looking at the types of bins being used, how often they are emptied, and how the materials are transported to the recycling facility
Identify opportunities for improvement: Identify areas where the commercial place could improve its recycling practices. This could include providing additional recycling bins, educating employees on proper recycling practices, or working with recycling professionals at Madenat to improve recycling efficiency.
Develop an action plan: Develop an action plan to implement the recommended improvements. This could include setting goals, identifying responsible parties, and establishing a timeline for implementation.
Monitor progress: Monitor progress towards achieving the recycling goals and adjust the action plan as necessary. This could include conducting regular audits to track progress and identify areas for improvement.

By following these steps, you can conduct a thorough recycling audit at your offices or commercial places. A regular recycling audit helps corporates generate required reports to adhere to government policies. Contact Madenat Recycling to simplify your recycling audit and process.

10Mar 0

March 10, 2023

Eid Ready Home – Cleaning tips

As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, the world begins preparing for this special time of the year. One important aspect of this preparation is cleaning the home and discarding/recycling the unnecessary. This not only helps create a clean and comfortable environment for the month-long period of fasting, but also allows individuals to focus their energy on prayer.

Here are some tips for cleaning your home and recycling the unwanted items before Ramadan:

Start early: Don’t wait until the last minute to start cleaning the house. Begin a few weeks before Ramadan to ensure that you have enough time to sort things.
Declutter: Go through your belongings and get rid of anything that you no longer need or use. This can be anything from old clothes to unused appliances. Consider donating items that are still in good condition to a local charity or second-hand store.
Clean room by room: Break up the cleaning process by tackling one room at a time. This will make the process less exhausting and help you stay focused. Keep the unwanted items aside for donation/recycling.
Focus on high-traffic areas: Pay special attention to areas of your home that are used frequently, such as the kitchen, bathrooms, and living areas. These areas are more likely to accumulate dirt and grime and require extra attention.
Recycle: As you clean, set aside any items that can be recycled. This can include cardboard boxes, plastic containers to even cables, old electronics etc. Contact Madenat recycling to find out what items can be recycled. This way you can ensure the minimum items can go in the landfill and make you a environment sustainability hero.
Dispose of hazardous waste safely: If you have any hazardous waste in your home, such as batteries, spent lamps or some kind of electronics, it will need special attention. Madenat recycling can guide you regarding storage of such hazardous waste and even visit your home to safely collect such items. We specialise in disposal of hazardous items.
Organize: Once all of the above is done, it’s time to organize. Find a place for everything and make sure that items are stored in a way that makes sense and are easy to maintain. Keep a recycling corner in the house and keep all recyclables there so that you can recycle them with Madenat periodically.

By following these tips, you can create a clean and comfortable environment for the month of Ramadan. Cleaning your home and discarding recyclables can also be a way to purify your mind and prepare yourself for the spiritual journey of Ramadan.

24Aug 0

August 24, 2022

How To Recycle Right?

Has it ever happened to you that you collected many recyclable items & took them to a recycling facility only to find out it was all perfect for a trash can? However noble your intentions may be, but if you cannot execute them in the right manner, no one will benefit from it… not you, nor your community, and definitely not the environment. It is very important to understand HOW to collect recyclables. Let us help you with some tips below.

1. If you are a recycling enthusiast, you will have a recycling bin, a dedicated box or a corner in the house where you collect all recyclables to give to a recycling facility periodically. While you collect, segregate them as plastic, paper, glass, metal etc. All these have different recycling process. If not segregated, it is an unnecessary extra effort for the recycler, and he might charge you for the required manpower.

2. Most of the metal items go into your recycling bin. But when you put Food cans in the bin, rinse and clean them. The paint cans need to be emptied before giving for recycling. Pressurized cans used for paint, deodorant or any other reason, also need to be sprayed out completely to reduce the pressure before recycling them. This saves your time at the recycling center. If not, there might be municipality procedures to follow with the recycler to dispose the liquid.

3. Dead batteries need to be collected in a separate recycling box. Also make sure you drop them at a recycling facility before they start leaking. The chemical that it emits, is hazardous for living beings around, and the environment. Batteries that are received at Madenat recycling facility, go through a process of securing the terminals, repacking, and then shipping according to the Basel Convention requirements to our partners abroad for proper and environmentally safe recycling processes.

4. Keep all tube lights, fluorescent bulbs in closed box. Their broken glass, mercury, can harm the one handling them. Please note that spent lamps are hazardous waste and the recycler needs to have the right machinery to destruct them to segregate glass, metal, and the mercury. As this process is complicated and costly, the recycler may charge you for the spent lamps. But this small amount you pay, will have priceless returns for you and the generations to come.

5. Electronics are called urban mines. They consist of ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals and even variety of precious metals. Hence, do not forget about those old electronics kept in the bottom most drawer. If recycled in time, they can be refurbished to be used by needy or even recycled to extract metal and plastic for further use. Our house is also filled with variety of cables. They also consist good amount of metal and plastic which needs to be retracted for reuse. Collect all non-working cables at home in a recycling box. Be it non-working earphones, broken chargers, power cables, Ethernet cables that are not in the use etc. Recycling E waste in time is important.

We hope our tips will ease your recycling journey and you will be a recycling hero for everyone around you. See you soon at Madenat Recycling Facility in Dubai Investment Park 2, Dubai, UAE.

5Aug

August 5, 2021

Summer Care Routine for Electronics

Middle East is known for its scorching heat in the peak summer months. There is over 13 hours of direct sunlight and the mercury soars even higher than 45C. But we all have adjusted to the climate and don’t let it affect our daily life. But have we done the same for all the electronics we are surrounded with? May be not. So today, let us look at a few things we should be doing to maintain a good summer care routine for our devices.

No direct Sunlight

Even though you have bought a GCC model of the phone, the maximum temperature most mobile phones can bear is 45C. Avoid using electronics keeping in direct sunlight. When keeping them in car, place in shaded area like cup holder or glove box. Also, never leave your electronics in a parked car. Inside temperature of the parked car rises as it is closed and can damage the electronics.

Do not stack

When you reach home, you keep laptop on the table, remove earphones and place them on the laptop, if you have 2 phones then keep them stacked on one another either besides or on top of the laptop. You then sit in front of the AC to cool-off. But while you are cooling yourself, the electronics are heating up due to trapping of heat because we just kept them stacked. There needs to be 2 to 3 cm gap between 2 devices. This helps maintain airflow and avoid unnecessary heating up. Most electronics have vent at the back of the device. When placing them anywhere, the vent should not be covered. Also there Hence, maintain breathing space for electronic devices.

Cover well

We carry our devices everywhere. Be it a pool, beach, or a stroll in the park. If they are not covered in a case, water splashes, can splash while swimming on Sand, water, dust find their way to the internal hardware of the device through speakers, earphone jack and so on

Be mindful of device charging

When the battery is charging, the device heats up. If we have kept it on the cushion or in a closed set up, the heat increases which can reduce the battery life. Hence always charge your devices in a well-ventilated area, on a cooler surface which will help control the temperature and will lengthen the life of electronics.

Shut down

If after taking all the necessary care also device heats up and is misbehaving or malfunctioning due to overheating…Just shut it down! Let the device cool down, resolve the problem on its own and then you can restart it for use.

We hope these tips will help you take good care of your electronics this summer. Follow these to avoid any electronics fires and related accidents.

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