Chedid Foundation has joined hands with Warak Beirut, under a project by the Beirut municipality in collaboration with UNDP (United Nations Development Program), and aimed at increasing the rate of paper and cardboard sorting at source, promoting recycling activity, and reducing waste burning and dumping practices.

The project’s first stage, launched in 2019, implemented a plan for sorting at source, covering all public institution buildings in Beirut. This first step entailed an awareness campaign, the installation of sorting and storage bins, as well as linkups between institutions and recycling players through local collectors. Mr. Farid Chedid, group Chairman and CEO at Chedid Capital and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, was one of the project’s funders.