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The Role Of Private Institutions In The Recycling Cycle: Aub Recycling Project

American University of Beirut
Faculty of Architecture and Engineering
URPL671:
Environmental Impact Assessment

The Role of Private Institutions in the Recycling Cycle: AUB Recycling Project

Supervised By Prof. Rana Jubayli

Presented by Mohammad Baydoun
Date: 09/06/2003

Table of content:
I. Introduction:
- Research argument
- What is recycling?
- Research methodology

II. Recycling as an environmental tool:
A. advantages of recycling
B. role of government
C. role of NGOs
D. recycling process:
1. Paper recycling
2. Glass recycling
3. Cartridges recycling

III. Recycling in Lebanon:
A. role of government
B. NGOs role

IV. AUB recycling project:
A. goals of the project:
B. On campus process:
C. the strategy:
D. the problems:
E. Project critic

V. Conclusion

I. Introduction:
Recycling is one of the key issues that are presented as one of the tools of environment saving. Recycling is an attitude that every person can follow in order to be a part of the earth saving process. “Helping to reduce the problems that are affecting our environment is something we all want to do, but it can be often difficult to know where to start. Collecting materials like glass, cans , paper, clothes and plastics is something we all can do, everyday, in our homes”[1].However recycling is a cycle that does not work unless each of the private and public sectors plays his role and corporate with the other. The argument of this paper is to analyze the role of private institutions in the recycling process. The AUB recycling project is the case study chosen for this issue.

What is recycling?
Recycling is the reuse of materials already taken form the nature’s sources[2]. This reuse can be either for the same previous use or for a new one[3] (ills.1). However recycling is not a new idea. This...