The public cleaning department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has launched a programme to recycle waste paper of banks, organisations and other government entities, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported yesterday.
Safar Mubarak al-Shafi, director, public cleaning department, told the daily that the programme is currently in the preparation phase with the targeted entities being provided with waste containers to start implementation soon. 
The official explained that paper waste accounts for around 17% of the total refuse collected daily from the different areas of the country. This could translate to around 400-500 tonnes of refuse material daily, which is a significantly high quantity that should be better used.
Special containers will be distributed to the targeted entities to dispose of their waste paper which will then be taken for recycling.