In observance of the World Recycling Day held on March 18 every year, the Embassy of Belgium in Saudi Arabia, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) organized a recycling, clean-up and planting campaign on March 17, 2021 at the Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh.
The participants came from the different European Union embassies, representatives from the United Nations in Riyadh (United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Environment Programme), SIRC, and guests.
This campaign aims to raise awareness to environmental issues and to remind everyone how important recycling is. Recycling is an essential way in which we can help lower the consumption of waste and carbon dioxide emissions. This is a great example of how we can protect our planet.
The Delegation of the European Union to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stated that “Managing waste in an environmentally sound manner is a cornerstone of the European Green Deal aiming at making the green transition happen.”
