Robabikia Cool – For areas fre...

Project Details

Robabikia Cool – For areas free of electronic waste

Robabikia Call

Grantee: Beit Ala AlSakhr Association for Development & Community Care

Start Date: 10/2020

End Date: 12/2021

Objectives:

Enhancing the maximum benefit from the e-waste collection and recycling system, reducing its risks that cause climate change, and increasing the adaptive capabilities and resilience of the targeted areas towards climate changes.

Accomplishments:

Collection and recycling of one ton of e-waste per month, half a year after the start of the project, at a rate of 6 tons during the first year, in the targeted areas.
Activating a business incubator and preparing an electronic platform for collecting and recycling electronic waste.
Increasing societal awareness of the importance of preserving the environment, providing new mechanisms to reduce greenhouse emissions, and transforming potential damages into environmental benefits.
Provide models and social economic mechanisms to manage the collection and recycling of e-waste within the targeted areas, in order to meet the needs of the community.
Activation and application of the commodity barter model in exchange for a kilo of electronic waste.
Forming a team of volunteers, as ambassadors for the environment, in the targeted areas to educate citizens about the importance of recycling and benefiting from electronic waste.

Communities:

Ain Shams and Al-Matareya areas in Cairo, Al-Khosos city, Qalyubia Governorate

Partners:

World Without Borders Foundation for Development, Thimar Al Karma Foundation, Al Abdulrahman Association, Noor Baladna Center for Development, Popular and Parliamentary Leaders in the Project Areas, National Initiative for the Elimination of E-waste, Private Sector

Project Information

State:
Cairo
Areas of Work:
Chemicals