WE 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



L’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 Environmental, recycle les déchets des municipalités et les transforme. Il en a même fait des verres, cruches et autres vases en verre soufflé sous le label Green Glass Recycling." more

GGRIL 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 why's of the #Green #Glass #Recycling Initiative for #Lebanon. Please share and help us spread the word.

 

Taking part in the effort of launching GGRIL:

Cedar Environmental

Sicomo Paper Recycling

Wonder 8

Fan Attiba'a

Diana & Sabine Maatouk Design

The Brightside Design Studio

GGRIL Products available at these outlets:
-Plan Bey, Mar Mikhael, Achrafieh 01-444110
-Tawlet Restaurant, Mar Mikhael Achrafieh 01-448129
-Dar Bistro, Wardieh Hamra 01-373348
-Platform 39, Fassouh Achrafieh 03-719381
-The Bayrut Express, Sassine Square Achrafieh 03-239756
-The AUB Museum Shop, Bliss Hamra 01-340549
-Vide Posh, Main Badaro Street Badaro 03-228225
-Healthy Steps, Adonis 09-217198 / 03-746055

 

 

 



Green Glass Recycling Initiative Lebanon Points of Sale

Post by GGRIL. Green Glass Recycling Initiative - Lebanon.

WALL 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

Zbélé (Garbage): A documentary by Nadia Asfour [English]