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    Sorting Centers for Recyclable Waste

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    Lebanon is facing a major waste management crisis. Environmental threats include but are not limited to: saturated landfills, lack of national policy promoting source separation, reduction and recycling of waste, inadequate waste management infrastructure, and inappropriate design of secondary sorting centers.

     

     

    WORKING ON A NATIONAL STRATEGY

    In 2015, arcenciel recycled more than 850 tons of waste – that’s more than 10 tons a day since the beginning of the crisis.

    As a leading enterprise in Lebanon’s environmental sector, arcenciel created a national strategy for waste management used by Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, the European Union and other stakeholders.

    arcenciel also developed a guide for waste management for municipalities.

    arcenciel participated in several national and international conferences to share its experience-based knowledge and increase awareness regarding waste management.

     

    VARIOUS COLLABORATIONS 

    Complying with its social mission, arcenciel offers job opportunities to people with difficulties in its secondary sorting facilities financed by sales from recyclable wastes.

    Moreover, the environmental program, in cooperation with the UNRWA (Relief office of the UN for Palestinian refugees in the Near East), participated in the establishment of a sustainable waste management system in the Palestinian refugee camps of Rashidiyeh and Ain el Helwe.

    The program also collaborated with Action against Hunger (AAH) in order to improve waste management in three Syrian refugee camps in the Bekaa.

     

    1,650
    tons
    are recycled in our sorting centers per year
    1,600
    partners
    served during 2020
    20,000
    separate collection
    of sorted at source recyclable waste per year

     

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    BOUCHONS ROULANTS

    In response to poor waste management in Lebanon, in 2010 arcenciel began developing sustainable waste management pilot projects.

    The “bouchons roulants” project (rolling caps), initiated by arcenciel in 2009, is based on sorting at source, recycling, and funding social services through the sale of sorted waste. The collaboration was developed with MBA students in Saint Joseph University in Beirut and Paris Dauphine University.

    Surprisingly and unexpectedly, the project grabbed society’s attention and initiated a cultural and environmental shift towards sustainable development in Lebanon. This project allowed arcenciel to mobilize and motivate Lebanese society.

     

    A SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY

    From this experience, arcenciel has gradually expanded its activities to other types of waste: recyclables and organic. Today, the association collects sorted waste from more than 600 organizations, including schools, universities, companies, municipalities, and residential buildings. These wastes are transported to two waste management centers operated by arcenciel, where they are sorted and compacted before being sold to recycling factories.

    These centers are also used for educational purposes, receiving students, mayors, and other waste management stakeholders. Since the beginning of the waste management crisis in July 2015, arcenciel has been supporting over 80 municipalities (through training, awareness, collection and a preparation for waste recycling).

     

    For more information: 01495561 ext. 1413 or 1320