Beni Suef University participates in "Livegreen" campaign to get rid of electronic waste

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Beni Suef University, in cooperation with the Waste Management Regulatory Agency of the Ministry of Environment, organized a project program for the safe disposal of electronic waste, within the framework of the ''Livegreen'' campaign for the youth of Beni Suef University, organized by the Egyptian Youth Association for Development and Environment with funding from the Small Grants Program, Global Environment Facility.
The university implemented the e-waste recycling project program, under the auspices of Prof.Dr. Mansour Hassan, President of Beni Suef University and the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sameh Al Maraghy  Vice President for Community and Environmental Affairs, in cooperation with the Egyptian Youth Association for Development and Environment, headed by Dr. Mamdouh Rashwan, to support the Small Grants Program at the Global Environment Facility under the supervision of Dr. Emad Adly.

Prof. Dr. Mansour Hassan, President of Beni Suef University, confirmed that the program aims to train Egyptian universities' youth and aware them of dangers of e-waste, and spread the culture of safe disposal of it, benefit from such waste, and recycle it in safe ways through one of the specialized companies approved by the waste management regulators. The university students participated in collecting their electronic waste, which according to the latest statistics indicates that every individual in Egypt has 6 kilograms of electronic waste between a portable device, old batteries, or electronic devices that he does not use.

Prof. Dr. Mansour explained that Beni Suef University is the second university to implement the activities of this program among ten Egyptian universities under the auspices of Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment and with the support of the National Program for E-waste, organized by the Egypt Association for Development and Environment through the Small Grants Program funded by the Global Environment Facility, with the participation of 50 young people from Beni Suef University under the slogan Be modern and environment's friend.

Dr. Mamdouh Rashwan, Secretary-General of the Arab Union for Youth and Environment and President of the Egyptian Youth Association for Development and Environment, announced the continuation of the launch of the program to train 1,000 young men and women in the safe handling of e-waste. it will start in 10 universities, and the program has been implemented at the University of Menoufia and Beni Suef, and there is an integrated plan to implement this program among the youth of Egyptian universities.