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Compost Baladi: Recovering Essential Resources from Trash

Alterba

Although water and other basic resources are available to a large percentage of the human population at the comfort of their home, there are still some people who compost and filter their water. These efforts stem from several causes such…

SIRCLES in Lebanon contributes to solving the waste crisis

Alterba

  Ever since the waste crisis of 2015, the state of waste management in Lebanon has been in continuous decline. Unfortunately, the August 4th 2021 explosion and the economic crisis added fuel to the fire, as more facilities have shut down…

Is compost the future of agriculture?

Alterba, Marc Aoun, Co-founder & GM of Compost Baladi, CNN

One-third of the food we produce ends up as waste, according to the UN’s FAO. One waste-management startup in Lebanon saw this predicament as an opportunity to repurpose the country’s biowaste into fertilizer. CNN’s Becky Anderson spoke to Marc Aoun,…

From Food Leftovers To Greenhouse Gases, What Can You Do?

Alterba

In celebration of Earth Day 2020, Marc Aoun from Compost Baladi writes a blog for Berytech on what can be done to reduce greenhouse gasses, waste management in Lebanon and composting at home. Earth Day 2020: Climate Action Today marks the…

Expo Live I Compost Baladi SAL

Alterba, Marc Aoun, Co-founder & GM of Compost Baladi

CubeX is a home-scale wastewater and solid waste treatment system that enables households to process all of their organic waste on site effortlessly. The CubeX is a fully automated unit with a small footprint that is connected to the sewage…

شركة لبنانية ناشئة تواجه أزمة النفايات عبر إعادة تدويرها

Antoine Abu Moussa, Compost Baladi

شركة لبنانية ناشئة بدأت بتطبيق حلول لمواجهة أزمة النفايات وإعادة التدوير عبر فصل النفايات العضوية ضمن حاويات خاصة لتجميع النفايات وحفظها في ظروف حرارة ورطوبة معينة قبل إعادة تدويرها. داليا حيدر تزور العاصمة بيروت وتتحدث مع أحد الشباب القائمين على…

Compost Baladi dans L’Orient-Le Jour

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Compost Baladi mis en lumière par L’Orient-Le Jour pour son modèle de compostage au Liban. 👉 Lire L’article « Sauver la planète, c’est possible : en voici la preuve »

Composting in Lebanon, one ton at a time

Alterba, Marc Aoun, Co-founder & GM of Compost Baladi

More than three years after the waste crisis in Lebanon, a new crisis looms. Composting organic waste could be part of a sustainable solution to waste management. About 20 km north of Beirut, Dalida Sneifer and Marc Beyrouthy walk among…