TEDxBeirut - Ziad Abichaker - A garbage love story

Ziad AbiChaker
CEO at Cedar Environmental
www.cedarenv.com
On the path to a Zero Waste Society.
Ziad is a multi-disciplinary engineer who specializes in building Municipal Recycling Facilities on the communal level going against the trend of a central Mega recycling Plant. While doing research at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA his team developed a technology to accelerate the composting cycle of organic waste in an odorless manner to produce high grade fertilizer.
After returning to Lebanon in 1996, Ziad started Cedar Environmental, an environmental & industrial engineering organization that aims to build recycling plants to produce organically certified fertilizers and leave no waste material to be disposed of, but instead recycled into a new form of product to be used again and again.
Most municipalities in Lebanon and the middle east cannot afford to buy recycling plants, so Ziad worked out a three way contract where local banks give his company soft loans to build the recycling facilities and municipalities pay only for the service of recycling/composting in comfortable monthly installments not exceeding 5 US Dollars per household per month.
Recently, Ziad and his engineering team, after four years of research, developed a new technology which transforms plastic bags into solid plastic panels used in the outdoors to replace wooden and steel panels. Currently, they are transforming that technology from using fossil fuels to generate the required energy to biomass a renewable energy source.
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[@ndrooby]

Ziad Abichaker is a delightful genius, an amazing social entrepreneur and a super creative person. His optimism and drive are remarkable. This talk is in Arabic which is also commendable for a Lebanese. I am sorry though that my American friends won't be able to follow it. I tip my hat to you Ziad!

[@thewindcollectivetripsteam8782]

subtitles are on the video. I just watched it

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Could not understand.but passionately telling. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

[@nancystaypositiveinlebanon7452]

I am in Love with Miss Zbeleh too! Her and her family deserve our attention and care ♥ ♥ Thank you Ziad for sharing your love story.. May we all be committed to make our life with Zbeleh more SUCCESSFUL ! YES WE CAN!
Stay positive in Lebanon.. ♥

[@garsm2290]

Excellent. Entertaining hakawati with a message for Lebanon and the world.

[@joewaked9791]

Brilliantly Said and Done...
we need people like you in our community

[@laylaelzein3052]

Thank you! We need more of TEDxBeirut online!!
Proud :)

[@RJaber]

Really Great talk, one of the best I saw ever ..

[@eliannoreboutros8328]

Very creative way of transmitting the information ! Very nice talk !

[@missnoor28]

Thank you! A brilliant talk!

[@kghanime]

I am also in LOVE with zbélé and an industrial Engineer but dealing with her cousin,..paper zbélé..recycling and making products with his fibers. :)

[@khaledrassamny6984]

I don’t know the guy,,,,but he is a genius,cute,and gorgeous person.This country,and 80% of its people do not deserve such persons unfortunately.

[@tarmoutabiayre7758]

Bravo

[@mayahokayem3178]

well said!

[@simonetabet3939]

Bravo 👏

[@bbqbill007]

love the idea. keep at it. from Melbourne Australia.

[@rjo03]

Great Talk!
Creative!

[@HyperchickAisha1]

"If this isn't an idea worth sharing, I don't know what is!"

[@laragkhneisser]

Amazing talk, brilliant idea, great love story!
Worth sharing and in a great way!

[@saja693]

خرافي ايها المهندس
^^

[@YorguiTeyrouz]

Amazing Talk! :)

[@douaa7584]

Wowwww!!! btmnalko el7az enta wzbale :P

[@mgrp786]

شي جميل

[@haniasfour]

Trash that's not trashy!

[@ignaciovillasenor9439]

Is there a subtitled version of this video? (english, spanish, french...)

[@FadiChammas]

English already available here

[@BetterDaysFIlm]

Fadi Chammas Where?

[@FadiChammas]

Nadine El Khoury Once the video is playing, press the "CC" button

[@BetterDaysFIlm]

Oh Thanks!!! That's what cc stands for I thought it was for Credit card. And seriously thanks.

[@tommcc99]

Thank you:)

[@jinanemeraabi2450]

❤❤

[@raefabichaker7184]

Hi cousin

[@rawadbaz6804]

Zebel wu bet 7eb li $ bass

[@simonmassaad6241]

👍👍👍🙏🙏♥️♥️🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧

[@bissanghaybeh1758]

Bet3a2ed :)

[@respect2494]

egg

[@mrwaoun]

love the topic but the guy's presentation is highly cheesy and irritating