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Dubai: A 10-year-old Indian boy was honored in Dubai for distributing hand-decorated plastic bags to several grocery stores to help reduce pollution and raise awareness of the environment, according to a newspaper article.
The Municipality of Dubai paid tribute to Faiz Mohammed and named the youth one of the "ambbadadors of sustainable development" of the municipality, The Khaleej Times .
Using Dhiram 150 of his Eid money, Mohammed bought about 130 reusable plain bags with the intention of distributing them among grocery stores. Mohammed has distributed hand-decorated reusable bags to a number of grocery stores near his home in Karama, after he's tired of seeing so many wasted plastic bags on home deliveries, he said. Grocery store used about 1200 bags per month to deliver goods. To combat excessive waste, he distributed free tote bags instead of plastic bags.
Abdulmajeed Abdulaziz Saifaie, director of Dubai's waste management department, on Tuesday named the young ambbadador for sustainable development of the Dubai municipality. If you continue to do what you do, we will see a big change … For the future, I want you to stay in close contact with my team and give you more ideas to help fight against waste here in the UAE, "said Saifaie to Mohammed." The fact that this boy did not use his Eid money to buy a bullet, a toy or something for himself is commendable, he has a good hobby, if his family and his community continue to encourage this, he will have a good future. "
Thanking the municipality for the occasion, Mohammed stated that he felt honored to be appointed ambbadador for sustainable development. "I am very happy to be here, and this motivates me a lot to meet the director of waste management, who told me to continue on my path to help reduce waste.
The Ambbadador's initiative for the sustainable development of the municipality was launched in 2013 with the aim of training students on how to conduct lectures and workshops on various environmental topics.
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