12.2.3: Policy/Process/Practice on Waste Disposal & Hazardous Materials

KAU has a well defined policy on waste disposal, which covers hazardous materials that could be biological, chemical, radiological, and/or physical, and which has the potential to cause harm to humans, animals, or the environment, either by itself or through interaction with other factors.

"Don't Throw...Rather Recycle": The Awards Winning Community Waste Recycling Program by KAU

An End-2-End Process & Practice on Waste Recycling

The "We Recycle it for You from Your Home" Practice by KAU

A Practice on Recyclable Materials' Collection & Recycling in "Jeddah City"

According to the Executive Director of the Scientific Endowment, Dr. Issam Kawthar, the campaign “We recycle it for you from your home” is the starting point for recycling plastic waste, after the endowment’s successful experience, which spanned for years in recycling paper, noting that the goal of organizing these campaigns is to attract interest of community members towards the issue of environmental pollution resulting from the combustion of both plastic and paper materials, and to spread awareness among its groups, which contributes to achieving sustainable environmental development.

A Series of Community Outreach Campaigns about Waste Recycling by KAU

A Practice on Waste Disposal & Hazardous Materials

His Excellency the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhli, and in the presence of His Excellency the Deputy Minister, Engineer Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti, received at the Ministry’s headquarters, on Thursday, October 28, 2021, the President of the University, Chairman of the Board of Academic Endowment, Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman bin Obaid Al-Youbi, to study aspects of cooperation between the Ministry of Environment and the University represented by the Scientific Endowment.

The visit’s agenda included a discussion of a number of future projects and initiatives that will serve the environmental sector and contribute to its development, to discuss potential cooperation prospects in implementing them in a strategic partnership between the Ministry, the University and the Waqf to achieve the objectives of the national transformation in the environmental field.

The Executive Director of the Scientific Endowment, Dr. Issam Kawthar, gave a presentation on the programs to protect the environment from pollution resulting from burning consumer waste, which were implemented by the Endowment through a series of organized field campaigns to recycle waste at the level of the Makkah region and with the participation of the community members, pointing to its positive results. These programs, as well as the environmental program (Environmental Driving License), which aims to prepare national cadres in the field that represent a base of qualified people to lead societal contributions related to preserving the environment and the sustainability of its resources, and which recently received the Prince Muhammad bin Fahd International Medal for Voluntary Work in its third edition, which is one of the the most prominent programs launched by the Scientific Endowment in a unique partnership with KAU University, represented by the Center for Research Excellence in Environmental Studies, the Saudi Society for Environmental Sciences, and the largest recycling companies in the Kingdom, the Middle East Paper Manufacturing and Production Company (MEPCO) and Waste Collection and Recycling Company Ltd. (WASCO), as indicated by Dr. Issam at the end of his presentation to the most prominent results of the program, which is summarized in the implementation of 5 training and field copies, in which 180 trainees participated, under the supervision and qualitative contribution of specialists in the field of environment from faculty members of the university and experts in the Research Excellence Center and the Saudi Society.

Sample Waste Disposal Certificate