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Jordanian startup eRecycleHUB plans to get Jordanians into recycling with an incentive scheme, while also empowering the country's informal trash pickers.

eRecycleHUB

The missing link — Jordanian startup connects waste generators with recyclers

Jordanian startup eRecycleHUB plans to get Jordanians into recycling with an incentive scheme, while also empowering informal trash pickers.

Amman, Jordan Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Waste Management
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Shorouq AlMazraawi started her sustainable fashion label during the first COVID-19 lockdown, when she had time to master eco-friendly production techniques.

Shorouq AlMazraawi

Fabric hunter — Self-taught designer impresses Jordan’s sustainable fashionistas

Shorouq AlMazraawi started her sustainable fashion label during the first COVID-19 lockdown, when she had time to master eco-friendly production techniques.

Amman, Jordan Sustainable Textiles and Clothing
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Jordanian company Shalmona has created an innovative reusable water bottle to fight plastic waste. And for the enthusiastic team, this is just the beginning.

Shalmona

No sweat: Jordanian student creates innovative products to fight plastic waste

Jordanian company Shalmona has created an innovative reusable water bottle to fight plastic waste. And for the enthusiastic team, this is just the beginning.

Amman, Jordan Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Waste Management
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Cycling Jordan is encouraging Jordanians to ride bicycles, a sustainable form of transport.

Cycling Jordan

Air pollution meets its match: the cycling enthusiasts of Jordan

Cycling Jordan, a bicycle store and sustainable tour operator, has ambitious plans to get more Jordanians travelling on two wheels rather than four.

Amman, Jordan Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Tourism
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Ziadat4recycling

From Amman to Berlin, this initiative makes furniture from discarded items

“I have always recognized the huge amount of waste on Amman's streets, especially when growing up in east Amman, and started talking with a friend about what we could change,” Alaa Ziadeh says.

Amman, Jordan Sustainable Furniture
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Jordan River Foundation

Royal-chaired foundation works on empowering communities in Jordan

The non-profit which is chaired by Queen Rania Al Abdullah, helps women both from local and refugee communities, with better employment opportunities by helping them create their own social enterprises or offering capacity building.

Amman, Jordan Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Waste Management
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SOLVILLION

This initiative wants to offer a ‘million solutions’ to Jordan’s wastewater crisis

Aia Abul-Haj and Motaz Al-Thaher came up with a product - decentralized wastewater treatment system (DWTS) - as part of their initiative, SOLVILLION.

Amman, Jordan Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Waste Management
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Qutoof Professional Development gets out into the Jordanian community and teaches ways of becoming more eco-friendly

Qutoof Professional Development

Taking care of business: Organization teaches Jordanian companies to be more eco-friendly

Amman, Jordan Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Waste Management
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E-TAFKEEK

This Jordanian entrepreneur wants to recycle the most hazardous materials in a mostly digital age

With our fast-food culture, our consumption of technology and what accompanies it leaves us with piles of hazardous materials to treat, posing, a huge health threat in both developed and developing countries.

Al-Zarqa City, Jordan Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Waste Management, Sustainable Electrical and Electronic Equipment
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Alia EcoVillage is keen to help Jordanians connect with a more sustainable, relatively recent past

Alia EcoVillage

Can’t picture sustainable living? This Jordanian ecovillage will help you out

Jordanian green entrepreneurs have designed Alia EcoVillage as a practical demonstration of the sustainable future that their compatriots must strive for.

Amman, Jordan Sustainable Tourism
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Olive produce from the Dibeen farm

Dibeen Eco Farm

How one entrepreneur is turning his business into the Uber of farms

Dibeen Eco Farm began as a passionate attempt to experiment with growing different kinds of trees erected next to a homely ecolodge that now serves as an Airbnb for ecotourism.

Jerash, Jordan Sustainable Food and Agriculture
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Be Solar installs solar panels on buildings across Jordan to help locals tap into the country's most reliable energy source

Be Solar

Power to the people: Local company helps Jordan switch to solar energy

Amman-based business Be Solar is leading resource-poor Jordan towards a sustainable future with the country's most reliable energy asset: sunlight.

Amman, Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
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