“The first campaign we actually launched was in 2009 when we went on a cleaning spree in a residential neighborhood with dozens of houses.,” Sayed says.
The non-profit which is chaired by Queen Rania Al Abdullah, helps women both from local and refugee communities, with better employment opportunities by helping them create their own social enterprises or offering capacity building.
There was an issue plaguing Koura in northern Lebanon Lebanon and that is the lack of clean, portable water for its residents and refugees.
The initiative was all about collecting used cooking oil from restaurants or factories to be sent to biodiesel plants. “We ideally tested the oil we received then sent it off to these plants,” Bakr says.
Banlastic Egypt, which was founded by Manar Ramadan in April 2018, was inspired by a visit to India.
“As a child, I used what was presented to me to make toys and everyday objects. So I started using the tyres that were available to me. The first object I made was a laundry basket for my mother.”
Egyptian startup Bekia delivers useful household items to Egyptian homes in exchange for sorted recycling in an effort to cut down the country's trash.
North Africa is renowned for craftsmanship and baskets are some of the products they excel at. One country is known for selling them down its old medinas.
Though the Lebanese government is reported to be low on action, a big section of society is racing to counteract the damage done through raising awareness such as Elyesh SD’s initiative, ODDD.
TIREVOLUTION has made industrial products in Lebanon for decades, and now wants to give productive second lives to the country's scrap rubber.
Mona Lamine wanted to help create other means of providing water so she developed ecological and sustainable solutions for water recycling in urban and rural areas through her company, Elma Eco.
