The fee is part of the integrated waste management master plan for the Capital which will be ready by mid next year.

From next year, Abu Dhabi residents and Dubai companies will have to cough up for what they waste as the emirates are mulling new “Pay As You Throw” fees in an effort to minimise per capita waste generation in the country.

Tadweer, the Centre of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi has proposed to introduce a “Pay As You Throw (PAYT)” fee for different sectors in Abu Dhabi, including the residential sector, Policies and Legislations Specialist with Tadweer Dr Udayan Banerjee said on Monday.

The fee is part of the integrated waste management master plan for the Capital which will be ready by mid next year.

“One of the deliverables of the plan is this fee, subject to approval from the executive council,” Dr Banerjee told Khaleej Times on the sidelines of the 6th Annual Waste Management Middle East Forum in Dubai.

“It is a major challenge. But we need to do this because behavioural changes can only be triggered once you pinch the pockets,” he said.

The tariff and the method of calculating the fee have not been finalised yet. “Weighing the waste that each person is generating is not an easy job.Different models are being worked out.We are working to find out what kind of a model will be acceptable.whether based on the number of residents or number of bedrooms in an apartment or villa or something else.” Details