Sharjah opens mini-garden made with recycled material
The vehicles’ gears were also used to shape lighting and vehicle exhaust was used to form a fountain in the middle of the garden
The Sharjah Municipality announced the completion of the first environmentally friendly mini-garden, in the Transportation Department building. The garden is the first of its kind in the Middle East.
It was formed using consumable materials and unusable spare parts, which were recycled and utilised in an optimal way to form a mini garden including all elements whose design formed a beautiful picture with nice contents.
The municipality inaugurated the garden in the presence of Thabet Al Tarifi, director general of the municipality, his assistants and a group of municipality officials.
Al Tarifi stressed that the garden comes as a continuation of the municipality’s environmentally friendly projects, through which it seeks to preserve environmental resources, enhance the culture of innovation among its employees, make optimal use of consumed parts and recycle them in an innovative way which enhances the innovative and aesthetic aspect.
Al Tarifi added, “These projects reflect the keenness of the municipality’s employees to think creatively and present distinct ideas which enhance work and provide the best services to the public.
The garden has many specifications which qualify it to be an ideal place for holding municipal meetings and to practise work in a distinct atmosphere far from the routine inside offices.”, Tarifi added.
Khalid Bin Falah Al Suwaidi, Assistant General Manager of the Customer Service Sector, explained that spare parts of light and heavy vehicles of the municipality were recycled and used ater they became unusable.
Al Suwaidi pointed out that the municipality has launched several innovative projects using vehicle spare parts as an environmentally friendly library, converting one of the buses into a VIP bus, and a classic car that has been developed for use in various municipal work fields besides many other projects.
In the same context, Engineer Hamid Al Banna, Director of the Transportation Department, noted that vehicle spare parts were used in the design and preparation of the beautiful garden, which included integrated elements such as wooden seats and an artificial lake containing ornamental fish.
“Fuel tanks were used as filters to clean the water in the lake, the vehicles’ gears were also used to shape lighting and vehicle exhaust was used to form a fountain in the middle of the garden. The flag of the United Arab Emirates has been arfully modelled using recycled material,” added Al Banna.
Recently, the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) announced that the number of marine violations related to recreational fishing between January and October of the current year reached 276 breaches.
The violations were closely monitored by the Marine Sustainability Management teams at the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority and were reported as 34 violations in January, 46 in February, 43 in March, 4 in June, 2 in July, 18 in August, 76 in September and 53 violations in October.
Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, Chairperson of the Environment and Protected Areas Authority, said, “We always emphasise that the authority’s teams concerned with monitoring and editing violations carry out the tasks entrusted to them with a high degree of accuracy and professionalism, which underpins the importance and necessity of adhering to the provisions of the law regulating the practice of recreational fishing. This regulates hunting in public places and helps limit the detrimental effect of hobbyists, whose actions, behaviors, activities can destroy or degrade the natural environment, harm marine life, or demolish its aesthetic scene.”
It noted that the goal is not an abstract financial punishment, rather it is a commitment to the law and an affirmation of the importance of environmental awareness for all members of society, and therefore there are always instructions, guidelines and clarifications by the teams of the competent authority, as it continuously works to promote and consolidate environmental awareness in society, in a way that contributes to achieving the authority’s vision of preserving the environment and biodiversity.