Bugammaz: Joint efforts needed for managing waste

Bugammaz: Joint efforts needed for managing waste

By Ghadeer Ghloum

KUWAIT: A two-day waste management forum opened on Monday with the aim to achieve Kuwait’s 2035 vision, which necessitates finding alternatives to waste, recycling and energy transition. Under the auspices of Minister of Public Works and Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Amani Bugammaz, the Gulf Waste Management and Recycling Forum (Gulf -WMFR) on green hydrogen and energy transition is held under the slogan “Sustainable investment for a green Middle East”.

The conference also seeks to set Kuwait on track for 2035 by improving and providing new solutions for waste management and recycling, improving the techniques of energy transition for sustainability, keeping up with the latest strategies and highlighting digital transformation in Kuwait and other GCC countries.

During the conference, Bugammaz said in order to achieve good cooperation among the parties in GCC countries, all partners must exchange knowledge and practical experiences and activate strategies and practical plans to avoid climate challenges, as this is one of the conference’s main goals. This can be achieved through managing sustainability projects and applying advanced techniques and supporting alternatives to waste, recycling and energy transition for a green Middle East.

Bugammaz said environment pollution caused by industrial waste constitutes a global crisis, because