{"id":88868,"date":"2024-12-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/12\/25\/waste-management-and-biofuels-updates-from-the-uae\/"},"modified":"2024-12-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T00:00:00","slug":"waste-management-and-biofuels-updates-from-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/12\/25\/waste-management-and-biofuels-updates-from-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste management and biofuels updates from the UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">WASTE MANAGEMENT-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Jafza slashes landfill waste by 37%:<\/strong> Jafza, the Jebal Ali Freezone, reduced its waste going to landfills by 37% in the first nine months of 2024 through a new partnership with Dubai-based waste management company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdaad.ae\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Imdaad<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albayan.ae\/economy\/business\/uae-economy\/16406\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Bayan<\/a> reports. The reduction is largely due to a new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/climate\/en\/news\/story\/3fc5877a-f0e4-42d4-aa5b-683000dfb047\/ksa%25e2%2580%2599s-sirc-launches-mega-waste-to-fuel-project-in-saudi-arabia\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF)<\/a> plant that converts leftover waste from the material recovery facility into clean energy, replacing fossil fuels for industrial furnaces. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>More details:<\/strong> The new RDF plant \u2014 developed under the joint venture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdaad.ae\/solutions\/material-recovery-facility-farz\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Farz<\/a> \u2014 processes 150 tons of waste daily and has generated 312 GWh of renewable energy since January. Overall, the partnership has saved over 200k trees and conserved 2.2 mn cubic meters of landfill space. By 2026, Jafza and Imdad aim to divert over 80% of waste from landfills. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">BIOFUELS-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Emarat and Lootah Biofuels eye SAF production: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emarat.ae\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Emarat Petroleum<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lootahbiofuels.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Lootah Biofuels<\/a> signed an MoU to conduct feasibility studies to look into building a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) manufacturing plant to serve the UAE and the wider region, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/companies-news\/emarat-and-lootah-biofuels-sign-mou-to-enhance-cooperation-in-renewable-energy-h0yfy8z7\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. The partnership will also see the two parties work on other initiatives, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Used cooking oil recycling:<\/strong> Developing a collection system through Emarat\u2019s retail stations to convert used cooking oil into biofuels;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biodiesel integration:<\/strong> Introducing Lootah\u2019s Biodiesel B5 at Emarat stations;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maritime collaboration:<\/strong> Exploring biodiesel supply for vessels at select UAE ports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ICYMI- <\/strong>The UAE signed off on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/climate\/en\/news\/story\/97cde862-03f0-4345-bae8-7b34b3814eb3\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">National Policy on Biofuels<\/a> to boost production and consumption of locally produced biofuels in March. The policy introduces a regulatory framework for biofuel distribution, sets benchmarks for biofuel production and usage, and enforces production standards and mandates for the fuel within the nation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories on our radar this morning from around the region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[66,275,11,52,136],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-88868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-also-on-our-radar","tag-also-on-our-radar","tag-biofuels","tag-enterpriseclimate","tag-uae","tag-waste-management","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"a1de0e9d-68f8-4e60-b188-b3941cad176f","order":"7","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/5\/51.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Waste management and biofuels updates from the UAE","related_issue":[88856],"teaser":"Stories on our radar this morning from around the region","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/12\/.8487602e-f711-4477-a903-3e42ead523c7.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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