The Cove Rotana Resort Substantiates its Commitment to the Environment

Acquired a machine converting waste food into liquid, reducing waste disposal to landfill.

 The Cove Rotana Resort – Ras Al Khaimah has recently strengthened its commitment to the environment by acquiring a machine to decompose waste food. More than 12,000 tons of waste food are sent and dumped from the UAE landfills yearly. “When waste food is discarded in a landfill, it produces methane, a harmful gas which is 72 times worse for the atmosphere in a short period than carbon dioxide. The outcome of this in global warming is enormous as most of the garbage sent to landfills is waste food.” says, Andreas Mueller – General Manager, The Cove Rotana Resort.

“Majority of waste food from The Cove Rotana mainly comes from our kitchen and dining areas, we realized that the waste food we dispose has a large effect on our carbon footprint and we needed to solve the problem. This machine will help our operation become cleaner, as well as save the environment. On-site composting also puts an end to the problem of dumpsters that leak liquids attracting insects, rodents and other animals. The food waste goes into the system immediately without being stored outside waiting for collection, turning food waste into grey water that goes down the drain, gets filtered in our water system and becomes enriching to our hotel landscape, thus reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill and the production of harmful gases.” Andreas Mueller added.

The liquid food composter is installed in the hotel wet garbage room and has a capacity of 270 kg of daily food waste input, which accelerates the digestion of most food products and bio-plastics within 24 hours. The output is a grey water that is environmentally safe and that goes down the drain. The process is totally green because it uses no chemical. The machine accurately weighs the amount of waste food and produces composting data per hour, day, week, month and year, including the amount of CO2 diverted from the landfill during these periods.

In an effort to provide more environmental initiatives, The Cove Rotana Resort has implemented several leads such as recycling and segregating, conserving energy to reduce carbon remission and eliminating paper waste through innovative ideas and at the same time having the privilege to use the latest technology to turn sustainability into action.

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