Minister Al-Faleh: “Amna” competition enhances plastic waste sorting culture and reinforces environmental sustainability concepts among students - Sarmad
Minister Al-Faleh Meets with Amna Company Team to Discuss Waste Sorting Competition
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
(KUNA) – State Minister for Development and Sustainability Dr. Reem Al-Faleh said on Sunday that the fourth edition of the “Amna School” competition aims to enhance the culture of sorting and recycling plastic waste and to instill concepts of environmental sustainability among students.
Minister Al-Faleh added in a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that she met with Sanaa Al-Ghamlas, CEO of Amna, a non-profit plastic collection company, and Farah Shaaban, Chief Operating Officer, reaffirming her commitment to sponsoring the competition in its new edition.
She praised the competition, which targets students in government schools across all educational stages, noting that the meeting discussed ways to strengthen cooperation and support national initiatives that contribute to reducing waste, supporting the circular economy, and achieving the goals of “Kuwait 2035.”
For her part, Al-Ghamlas emphasized in a press statement that the competition aims to promote the culture of sorting plastic waste at the source, encourage recycling, and raise awareness of sustainability among various segments of society.
She noted that the Amna team presented the company’s journey and its environmental and community initiatives during the meeting with the Minister of Development, highlighting the competition as a key initiative targeting government school students and focusing on transforming sustainability concepts into daily behavior through awareness, participation, and measuring the amount of plastic collected by students for recycling.
She commended Dr. Al-Faleh’s sponsorship of the competition, affirming that this support represents a significant boost to Amna’s journey and its mission, which originated from Kuwaiti society and aims to build sustainable environmental behavior starting from the individual and extending to the school, family, and state institutions.
For her part, Shaaban said in a similar statement that this sponsorship is crucial in supporting the continuity of Amna and represents a valuable addition to the competition, which is also sponsored by the Ministry of Education for the fourth consecutive year under the supervision of the Public Authority for Environmental Affairs.
She stressed that the sponsorship by the Ministry of Development adds value from the government sector, alongside the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Interior represented by the Environmental Police, the Green Urban Development Initiatives Committee, and Kuwait Oil Company.
