EPA distributes bins for safe disposal of masks, gloves

KUWAIT: Chairman of the Environment Public Authority (EPA) Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said on Monday special containers will be set up at cooperatives societies (commercial stores) for safe disposal of medical masks and gloves. Sheikh Abdullah said in a statement that EPA had prepared and assembled such bins for distribution to the stores to ensure that the masks and gloves are dumped in a hygienic way. Many citizens and workers in Kuwait have been wearing the protecting masks and gloves, amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The EPA chairman has added that concern for environmental cleanliness is a humanitarian duty stressing that such a responsibility must be shouldered by all citizens and residents. Works done electronically Meanwhile, Kuwait Municipality Director General Ahmad Al-Manfouhi declared on Monday readiness to make 90 percent of transactions electronically once regular work resumes following stoppage resulting from the coronavirus crisis. Manfouhi said in a statement that some transactions, namely issuance of construction permits and restoration of electricity, continued during the current crisis via the advanced electronic system. He has indicated that some work cannot be done electronically because they are linked to other departments.The municipality has recently issued 192 construction permits and restored power to several districts.