The Green Industrial Development Programme "Towards a Circular Economy" was launched at the University of Bahrain on Sunday with the participation of researchers and experts from around 20 countries. The program aimed to spread knowledge about green industry and its role in sustainable development.

The event was organized by the University of Bahrain in cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Capacity Development and Training Program at UN, the Supreme Council for the Environment, the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies, (Dirasat), and the Arab International Center for Entrepreneurship & Investment.

Within five days of the program, nine experts will be discussing waste removal, detoxification, energy efficiency, renewable energy, emission control, waste management, pollution control and circular economics.

Prof. Riyad Yousef Hamzah, President of the University of Bahrain, spoke about the topic of the program, stating: "The circular economy is now the focus of international attention as it is considered the economy that seeks to rebuild capital, whether financial, industrial, human or social." He pointed that this economy seeks to improve resource revenues by recycling products, components and raw materials used at all times to ensure the continuous flow of materials and technical goods.

"The recycling and re-manufacturing of products, which makes them valuable andmember at the University of Jordan, said that the green

Source: BNA