ECO Star

Since the 2010s, many individuals and groups have voiced the necessity of bringing recycling to Kuwait, and some have done something about it. Fatemah Alzelzela, an electrical engineer, founded a non-profit group in 2019, focusing on the recycling of household waste. Eco Star, her company, offers eco-friendly rewards such as trees and plants to those who participate in initiative by sorting and delivering their garbage.

Eco Star has made a name for itself in the media, thus raising awareness among Kuwaitis about the missed opportunity of recycling. “The company has since formed partnerships with schools, teaching children about recycling, threats to the environment and how young people can act for nature,” notes the UN Environment Program (UNEP). Moreover, Eco Star has been keeping track of the waste it collects, thus building a database of the materials that makes up the country’s household waste. Such data can be very helpful in developing a recycling policy for Kuwait in the future.