Waste is separated at the customer's site, using two-button chutes in towers, two bins per home and colour-coded bags, with every tenant trained to separate. Green Arabia's refuse trucks, compactors, skip loaders, RoRo units and tankers then collect each stream separately, on more than 200 trips a day. Every load is weighed at the depot weighbridge, then sorted by type and baled at Green Arabia’s yard, and each stream is sent to the recovery route that returns the most value, or to waste-to-energy plants.


Turning the UAE's Waste Into Industrial Resources
About Green Arabia
Green Arabia is a UAE provider of integrated waste management solutions, collecting, separating and recovering waste for residential, commercial and industrial customers. Established by the M.A.H.Y. Khoory Group in 2018 to secure recovered cardboard for Union Paper Mills, it has grown from a single waste stream into a fully licensed operator built on a clear principle: waste is a resource, and as much of it as possible should be returned to productive use.
Every site Green Arabia serves produces several waste streams: cardboard, all types of recyclables, wood waste, used cooking oil, food waste, construction and demolition waste, hazardous liquid and solid waste and general waste. Each is separated at source, collected by Green Arabia's own fleet, weighed and sent to the recovery route that returns the most value, much of it within the Group's own manufacturing.
From its depots in Al Quoz, Sajaa and Mafraq, Green Arabia serves residential communities, hotels, water treatment plants, factories, malls, construction sites, clinics and landscaping operations across three emirates, and gives every customer a weighed, verified record of what left its site. Its customers include Dubai Holding, Majid Al Futtaim, Al-Futtaim, Emaar, Damac, Hilton, IKEA, LuLu, Nesto and Deyaar, and malls such as The Dubai Mall, Ibn Battuta Mall, Circle Mall, City Centre Deira, City Centre Mirdif, Mall of the Emirates, Arabian Center, City Centre Me'aisem, City Centre Al Zahia, Dubai Festival Plaza, Dubai Festival City Mall, Dubai Marina Mall, Dubai Hills Mall and Souk Al Bahar.


An Integrated Circular Ecosystem
Behind Green Arabia's service is an integrated M.A.H.Y. Khoory Group ecosystem, in which much of what it collects already has a buyer within the Group. Each stage of the journey is supported by a dedicated Group company or division.

Cardboard is supplied to the Group's Recyclable Waste Management Division, which secures the recovered paper the mills require. Wood goes to the Solid Waste Management Division, and used cooking oil to Clean Earth, which converts it into biofuel. Segregated plastics, glass, cans and metals are transferred to the Union Paper Mills recovery facility.
Union Paper Mills, the UAE's first recycled paper mill, manufactures the recovered cardboard into test liner and core board.
Union Wood Works turns recovered wood into composite wood blocks, the components of a pallet.
National Paper Industry converts the containerboard into new cartons, and Union Sustainable Packaging Solutions builds pallets for PalletBiz UAE. These products return to the same market Green Arabia serves, and once they have been used, they are collected again.
Together, these capabilities create a practical circular model: waste is collected locally, recovered through the Group's own divisions and manufactured into products that return to the UAE economy.
Collected in the UAE. Recovered in the UAE. Returned to industry.
Environmental Responsibility In Practice
This model supports the UAE's ambition to build a more competitive, resource-efficient and sustainable economy. By recovering waste locally and returning it to manufacturing in the UAE as raw material, fuel and fertiliser, Green Arabia contributes to landfill diversion, decarbonisation and local value creation, in line with the Make it in the Emirates agenda.

316,000 tonnes a year diverted from landfill
Non-recyclable general waste is compacted, and around 70% of it is converted into refuse-derived fuel for cement kilns and waste-to-energy. Only what remains goes to landfill.
Five streams recovered in full
Cartons, segregated recyclables, wood, used cooking oil and food waste are each recovered in full, so none of them needs to reach landfill.
Food waste returned as fertiliser
Food waste is hand-sorted and dried in Green Arabia's own dehydrators, or delivered to Tadweer, and returns as fertiliser for landscaping. Garden waste follows the same route to compost.
48,000 sq ft secured at Jebel Ali
A Waste Recovery Plant in development at Jebel Ali will sort mixed waste and produce fuel, recovering more from the waste that cannot be separated at source.
Complete Waste Management, Fully Licensed
Green Arabia handles general, construction and demolition, hazardous and medical waste, along with street cleaning services, under one licence set, so a single contract can cover an entire site.

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General, recyclable, construction and demolition waste
General Waste, Construction and Demolition Waste and Street Cleaning Services
Collection of general and recyclable waste and construction and demolition waste, together with street cleaning and sweeping, waste sorting, confidential document shredding on site, and junk removal from homes and offices. Green Arabia has also run the live clean-up of New Year's Eve in Downtown Dubai with Emaar every year since 2018, recognised with Emaar appreciation awards in 2024 and 2025.
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Categories A to H2
Hazardous Waste
Hazardous waste in categories A to H2, including hazardous liquid and sewage collected by tanker, handled with dedicated vehicles and delivered to approved facilities.


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Medical and pharmaceutical
Medical Waste
Medical and pharmaceutical waste from clinics and healthcare facilities, collected separately and delivered to approved facilities for compliant treatment.

At Green Arabia, we believe waste management is not just about collecting and disposing of waste—it is about creating value, protecting our environment, and building a more sustainable future. Through operational excellence, innovation, and a commitment to our customers, we strive to turn today’s waste challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities.

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