PepsiCo partners with Prince Sultan University to educate youth on sustainability

PepsiCo partners with Prince Sultan University to educate youth on sustainability

- Through strategically placed recycling collection points, PepsiCo and Prince Sultan University will join forces to create a zero-waste campus.

SAUDI ARABIA:– Today, PepsiCo, the leading food and beverage company in the region, and Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan University (PSU), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to engage students in an experiential learning journey and help foster a circular economy in the Kingdom.

The MoU aims to strengthen efforts towards achieving a zero-waste future for the university campus, and challenges students to dig deeper into the issue of plastic waste and the benefits of a circular economy through academic research. It also encourages students to find solutions to common challenges, and work towards minimizing waste at the campus in ways that can be implemented at scale across universities.

Students will have access to guest lectures by senior PepsiCo leadership, aimed at nurturing an environment where they can gain practical knowledge of the subject. PepsiCo will also set up collection points to encourage students to recycle better, and eventually transform the University into a zero-waste campus.

Eugene Willemsen, Chief Executive Officer, Africa, Middle East, and South Asia, PepsiCo commented, “For over 65 years now, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been our home. We consider