Buildings in Dubai will soon be charged for waste collection as Dubai Municipality has decided to outsource the service to the private sector.
The proposed charge was confirmed by a senior municipality officer, who said that the municipality would stop its waste collection and transportation service to all buildings that are considered a business.
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To arrange for collection, building owners and management firms will have to sign a contract with private companies approved by the municipality to transport waste to landfills, said Abdul Majeed Abdul Aziz Al Saifaie, director of the Waste Management Department at Dubai Municipality.
A circular sent by the municipality to building managers across Dubai said that contracts with private service providers must be in place by December 1.
“We will give a maximum of six months for the buildings to make the contract after the tipping fee is announced,” Al Saifaie said, without giving a date for the announcement.
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The official said that the municipality will implement the waste collection fee by zone, though explained that the body had not finished the zoning as yet.
“We will try to work it out with companies to choose three companies for each zone and offer the best price. We will make sure that building owners won’t be ripped off by any of these companies,” he added.
