tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38496568626750538592024-03-13T01:03:45.428+02:00Cedar Environmental's BlogAn adventure in waste management, composting and environmental protection. A no non-sense approach to demystify recycling.Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-84710210310274323302016-10-15T17:09:00.001+03:002016-10-15T17:09:29.427+03:00FOR ALL NEW UPDATES FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...
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Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-53992442296626670482014-10-13T13:08:00.001+03:002014-10-13T13:08:08.881+03:00WE ARE CROWDFUNDING....
We are taking the Green Glass Recycling Initiative - Lebanon (GGRIL) to the next level of self sustainability. We are crowdfunding to buy a pickup truck. Your help is highly appreciated. Please click on image below for more info.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/green-glass-recycling-initiative-lebanon-ggril/x/454318
Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-52813812899934619212014-09-05T18:31:00.000+03:002014-09-05T18:31:00.085+03:00منتجــات مـن نفـايات (مجلة البيئة والتنمية)
تتجنب شركة «سيدر إنفيرومنتال» في لبنان اللجوء إلى الطمر للتخلص من النفايات، فهي رائدة منذ العام 1999 في ابتكار طرق لإعادة تدوير النفايات المنزلية الصلبة. وتصنع الشركة براميل دوّارة تسمى «مخامر»، يتم فيها تخمير النفايات العضوية هوائياً وتقليص الروائح الكريهة إلى حدها الأدنى. هذا التحكم بالروائح يمكّنها من تشغيل منشآت التخمير وإعادة التدوير قرب المناطق السكنية، وبالتالي تخفيض كلفة نقل Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-27830611978907307472014-09-05T13:49:00.001+03:002014-09-05T13:49:15.527+03:00مقابلة في مجلة الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت "آوتلووك" ـ
أجرى المقابلة عامر صرّيع
عندما يُتخذ الحفاظ على البيئة كعمل، تبرز للمرء صعوبات وتحديات قد تكون أصعب من تحديات اتخاذ عملٍ عادي. ففي القرن الواحد والعشرين وفي أوج الإزدهار الصناعي، ظهرت أنواعٌ جديدةٌ من النفايات التي شكلت مع تصرفنا تجاهها،عبئاً على كاهل المجتمع. فالطريقة التقليدية المتبعة في التخلص من النفايات كانت ولا زالت وباءً يجلب الأمراض ويدمر ما Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-66045555867297993562014-09-01T21:52:00.002+03:002014-09-01T21:53:54.205+03:00L’énergie recyclable de Ziad Abichaker
Article published in the daily Lebanese newspaper L'Orient-LeJour on Sep. 1st 2014 (in French)
"Il est à la fois passionné, poète à sa façon, un idéaliste écolo qui a su transformer ses utopies en réalité. Mettre son savoir au service d'un pays qu'il aime, et qu'il aime vert et (plus) intelligent. Ziad Abichaker, fondateur et CEO de la société de recherches et de développement Cedar Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-2172438764029671022014-06-15T12:13:00.001+03:002014-06-15T18:26:35.876+03:00GGRIL Green Glass Recycling Initiative for Lebanon - Animation
Animation created by Nadine Yamout & Marie Christine Melhem of The Brightside Design Studio - Beirut, Lebanon
Without the help of our friends we wouldn't have been able to launch #GGRIL. The latest talent to join the effort is Nadine Yamout & Marie Christine Melhem from The Brightside Studio in Beirut who created this marvelous video animation telling the how's and Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-23884410018070560292014-05-18T09:24:00.001+03:002014-05-18T09:24:13.791+03:00Green Glass Recycling Initiative Lebanon Points of Sale
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Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-34541844105010109982014-05-11T13:23:00.001+03:002014-05-11T13:23:18.263+03:00صحيفة السفير: معمل الصرفند الأخير.. لتدوير الزجاج وحماية الطبيعة
يعاند معمل نفخ الزجاج في الصرفند الاقفال في ظل انعدام أسواق التصريف والكلفة الباهظة للتصنيع، بين محروقات وكهرباء ويد عاملة، ما جعل هذا المحترف اليدوي الوحيد المتبقي، بعد إقفال طاول كل محترفات نفخ الزجاج في لبنان وكان آخرها معمل «البدّاوي» الذي أغلق أبوابه منذ نحو عشر سنوات، في دائرة الخطر والاحتضار المستمرين «يقفل... لا يقفل». ولولا صبر القيّمين عليه، وطول باعهم، واحترامهم لمهنة Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-79974374338165034722014-05-11T13:13:00.001+03:002014-05-11T13:40:08.869+03:00LAMASSAT (Touches): Green Glass Recycling Initiative Documentary [Arabic] [بالعربي]
للمزيد من المعلومات
Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-37145635398375042002014-05-11T13:05:00.001+03:002014-05-11T13:07:32.763+03:00WALL STREET JOURNAL: Lebanon’s Last Glass Blower Gets Boost From Recycled Bottles
SARAFAND, Lebanon: With the oven ablaze melting shattered glass in the workshop and the nearby store abuzz with curious customers, it is hard to imagine that just a few months ago Lebanon’s last glass blower was about to close shop for good. [read more]
Green Glass Recycling Initiative - Lebanon
Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-77706531089548272512014-05-11T12:55:00.000+03:002014-05-11T12:55:34.130+03:00Zbélé (Garbage): A documentary by Nadia Asfour [English]Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-70399272881947517742014-02-02T15:37:00.001+02:002014-05-18T18:00:40.627+03:00GREEN GLASS RECYCLING INITIATIVE - LEBANON (GGRIL) - Photo Blog
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Press coverage of GGRIL:
DailyStar - Beirut : From used and shattered glass to works of art. By Brooke Anderson
L'Orient-LeJour - Beyrouth: Au Liban, une initiative recyclage intelligente et design. Anne Ilcinkas
The Cultural Thing - UK: The Art of Recycling Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-88612660011296440272014-01-21T20:23:00.001+02:002014-03-20T20:24:48.609+02:00Interview on ORBIT's Ouyoun Beirut Program about the Naameh Landfill Closure
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Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-59493863414387076942014-01-12T11:16:00.001+02:002014-01-12T11:16:25.959+02:00Executive Challenge: Radio Interview on VDL 100.5 FM January 10 2014 (Arabic)
Executive Challenge is a weekly program on VDL radio station 100.5 FM in collaboration with EXECUTIVE magazine, hosted by Pamela Ibrahim Kosseifi.
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Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-12087479686278603112013-10-29T15:29:00.001+02:002013-10-29T15:32:26.371+02:00Barouk Cedar Reserve Acquires Portable Toilet Made from ECOBOARDS (Photo Blog)
More on ECOBOARDS
Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-20606309987490225162013-08-04T13:23:00.002+03:002013-08-04T13:24:19.792+03:00Interview With BEIRUT GREEN PROJECT
Last week we went to WonderEight‘s new offices in Mkalles for a meeting (That’s right, we’re cooking something up!) and fell in love with their small green terrace. Two things caught our attention, and they both turned out to be the work of Ziad AbiChaker from Cedar Environmental: The E-Room and the green walls. [READ MORE]
Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-33678987556331007982013-04-30T12:23:00.000+03:002013-06-06T12:51:42.451+03:00Eco-Boards Wins Energy Globe Award
Dear Mr. Abichaker,
you have submitted your project “ECO-BOARDS: Recycling Plastic bags into panel boards” for the Energy Globe Award, today’s largest platform for sustainability. Over 100 countries sent at total of 1051 entries.
The international jury, chaired by Maneka Gandhi, has evaluated all submissions and selected the national winners.
&Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-14646465110815914872013-03-17T12:57:00.002+02:002013-03-17T12:58:21.014+02:00The Saida Trash Mountain SagaThis catastrophe has been on going since 1982. Needless to say when incomptence coupled with corruption & greed can't lead but to such disastrous results. In this video, one is to notice the huge divide between the official stance: "no worries, we have this issue solved and very soon all will be rosy and good", and the civil society & professionals: "This has been dragging forCedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-802852735091634372013-03-12T16:21:00.000+02:002013-03-12T22:15:40.511+02:00Moving Beyond Business as Usual: Next Frontiers for CSR in the MENA region
The
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB) at the American University of Beirut
held the first CSR Practitioner's Conference at AUB on May 4 & 5, 2012. The
conference is intended as a platform for regional business leaders to address
the emerging challenges and opportunities presented by the ascendancy of
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Through the gathering of renowned
Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-36731915042222602912013-01-13T17:22:00.000+02:002013-10-13T10:27:28.592+03:00Trash Talk: The Possibility of Recycling Lebanon's Garbage
Via the outpost
In this episode we look at how to improve Lebanon's waste management cycle. First, we get insight on how garbage disposal In Lebanon works from Ziad Abi Chaker who is pioneering ways of turning municipal trash into treasure.
Then, we talk to the co-founder of F.E.R.N. International, Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli, an organization that is working with restaurants to Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-60442319630236493122012-12-30T13:02:00.002+02:002013-11-13T22:11:44.709+02:00The Cedar Environmental Waste Management Model
Interview at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC - September 2012
For more: Waste Expert Gives Lebanon Landfill Alternative
Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-71848823978462837212012-12-08T14:14:00.000+02:002012-12-08T14:14:35.748+02:00The Accidental Artist
The Accidental Artist
Cedar Environmentalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394057568985848843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849656862675053859.post-80320677526592364772012-11-16T09:30:00.000+02:002012-11-16T09:30:27.909+02:00EARTHRISE: Trashing Lebanon (Al Jazeera English)
The following documentary was aired on Al Jazeera english as part of the EARTHRISE environmental show.
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The show's slogan made from recuperated Poly-Styrene foam
Live Debris is an exhibition of art pieces made entirely from recuperated or recycled materials. It aims to sensibilize citizens on the potential of trash as a renewable resource which should by all means never be burned or landfilled.
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