Green Arabia waste collection truck and crew in DubaiGreen Arabia waste collection truck and crew in Dubai

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.

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2,000
Tonnes
Waste managed every day
18,000
Bins
Serviced every day
17
Malls
Under contract, starting with The Dubai Mall in 2018
101
Vehicles
In Green Arabia's own collection fleet
502
People
Operational staff working on customer sites
8,090+
Customers
Served across Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi

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.

Collected

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.

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Recovered

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.

Recyclable Waste Management DivisionSolid Waste Management DivisionClean Earth
Manufactured

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.

Union Paper MillsUnion Wood Works
Returned

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.

National Paper IndustryUnion Sustainable Packaging Solutions

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.

Energy recovery

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.

Recovered streams

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.

Cartons
Recyclables
Wood
Cooking oil
Food Waste
Organics

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.

Next Phase

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.

Street cleaning crew sweeping after an event in Downtown Dubai

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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.

Hazardous waste collected by tanker
Medical waste loaded for collection

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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.

Separation
Technology On Site

Waste separated at source is cheaper to dispose of and worth more when recovered, so Green Arabia installs equipment on customers' sites that does the separating for tenants and staff.

Two-button waste chute in a residential tower

Two-Button Chutes

Retrofitted to residential towers, two-button chutes let residents separate general waste from recyclables with a single press, at the point of disposal.

Automated sorting stations along a service corridor

Automated Sorting Stations

Smart, self-sorting bins combine automated sorting with compaction, matched to the size and waste profile of each property.

Robotic sorter separating bottles on a recycling line

AI Robotic Sorters

Robotic sorting systems separate recyclables from mixed waste with less manual handling, recovering more material from every load.

Resident returning a bottle to a reverse vending machine

Reverse Vending Machines

Bottles and cans deposited in reverse vending machines earn retail rewards, giving residents an incentive for every item returned.

Chef loading food waste into an on-site composting machine

Food Composting Machines

On-site composting machines turn between 50 kg and 2 tonnes of food waste a day into compost, before it ever leaves the building.

Solar-powered waste compactor on a waterfront promenade

Solar-Powered Compactors

Portable, underground and solar-powered compactors reduce the volume of waste on site, so it can be collected less often.

Workers sorting mixed waste on a mobile conveyor at an event

Portable Segregation Centres

Mobile conveyors separate mixed loads on site, for properties and events without permanent sorting space.

Baler compressing cardboard into a bale in a warehouse

Balers, Compactors and Shredders

Balers for cardboard, compactors and shredders are available for customers to buy or lease, so recyclables leave the site ready for recovery.

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.

Every Tonne Weighed And Traced

Every collection is recorded as it happens, so the tonnage on the customer's dashboard, monthly report and invoice is the same number.

Smart-Card Tenant Tracking

Tenants tap a card at the garbage-room tablet, declare the material they are disposing of and receive a segregation rating on the spot. Management sees which tenants separate and which do not, as it has in every garbage room at The Dubai Mall since 2018.

Real-Time E-Trip Records

Drivers log every pickup on the e-trip app with a GPS stamp, photos, weight and the customer representative's e-signature, leaving a record of the time, place and evidence of each collection.

Customer Dashboard

Customers see weighed tonnes by stream, site and period, their recycling share and the full collection history, verified against the invoice.

Recycling Certificates

Recycling certificates and audit-ready figures support customers' corporate sustainability reporting, green building certification and Dubai Municipality reporting.

A Recognised Management System

Green Arabia's integrated waste management system, covering collection, fleet, customers and billing on one platform, is officially recognised by Dubai Municipality.

Training, Incentives and Audits

Green Arabia trains tenants and staff to separate, runs awareness campaigns, rewards the best recyclers among mall tenants and audits waste management on site.

Tenant tapping a card at the garbage-room tabletDriver logging a collection on the e-trip app beside the truckCustomer reviewing weighed tonnes on a dashboardSigning a recycling certificateOperators at the recognised waste-management platformStaff training tenants to separate waste at the bins

The Complete Company Overview

Download the Green Arabia brochure for full details of the business, from services and recovery capabilities to track record and contacts.

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