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About Us

Recycle Your City is an environmental advocacy organization that promotes recycling as a viable alternative to current environmentally destructive waste management practices.
The goals of the campaign are as follows:

To take action to solve urban solid waste management problems by promoting recycling as one of the alternatives to dumping, burning, and burying practices.

To support organizations and individuals who want to recycle by providing them with the needed materials and information to put a recycling program into action.

To create awareness about what individuals can do to protect the environment and to promote a healthier, greener and more sustainable lifestyle.
 
 

History

Recycle Your City was officially launched in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on February 12, 2008 by the Mayor of the City of Jeddah and the Chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, following the establishment of a recycling program at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Recycle Your Jeddah, was then founded under the umbrella of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry and in partnership with local environmental organizations, Mawakib Al-Ajir and Annabta Association, to help offices, schools, and individuals across the city to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

 
 

Founders

    The Founders of Recycle Your City are:

  • Anwar Abalkhair
  • Maryam Beydoun
  • Muath AlDabbagh
  • Nour Fityani
  • Nouha Mahdi
  • Noura Alturki
  • Shaikha Bakarman
  • Suhaila Baarma
 
 
 

10 Guiding Principles
  1. 1-Providing information is the first step to awareness but it is not necessarily followed by action: We will not pat ourselves on the back for simply passing out flyers; without concrete steps to measure the effectiveness of our campaigns, the only thing we’ll have contributed to the environment is more paper to be recycled.
  2. 2-Our strategy is to work in partnership and not in competition with local and international organizations and entities (profit and not-for-profit, government and private) towards a common goal.
  3. 3-We aim to include all segments of society in our activities: women and men, nationals and expatriates, the educated and less privileged.
  4. 4-We cannot wait 20 years for the planted seed to become a tree: While we believe that the young generation is the future, we also believe that change must begin today and that individuals of all ages can be empowered to participate.
  5. 5-Our ideas must be fresh and our communication methods in keeping with innovative technology.
  6. 6-We believe in a preventative rather than responsive strategy, wherever possible.
  7. 7-We are motivated by the slogan “Think Global, Act Local” which drives us to care about global environmental issues and work locally to address them.
  8. 8-We believe in the power of the Media. The more media coverage there is, the wider our message will spread.
  9. 9-We focus on sustainability. The support provided for recyclers is continuous; we keep in contact and follow up long after they have signed up for our campaigns.
  10. 10-We dream big: we seek to spread our campaigns across the entire city, if not beyond. We choose our partners and design our campaign strategies based on having the biggest effect and largest impact.