Project: Campus Smart Recycling System to turn Food Organic Wastes and Recyclables into Economic Value Products.
Abstract
The proposed project is about build and implement sustainable self-sufficient recycling system to turn AASTMT campus food organic wastes and recyclables into valuable products that have economical values, which can be used to reduce the campus running expanses. The proposed system is targeting only 3 types of campus wastes (Organic food remains -Plastic tableware - aluminium cans). The main objectives of the project are: • Adding an economic value to the organic food wastes instead of dumping it. • Reducing the campus running cost by: Producing percentage of the campus disposable plastic tableware using AASTMT owned plastic injection machine reside at ISC. Reducing the campus budget for purchasing: ▪ Fertilizers used in campus cultivated areas. ▪ Aluminum raw materials for student’s graduation projects. These objectives will be achieved by manufacturing: • Portable compost unit that produce organic fertilizer from garbage. • 2 molds for the AASTMT plastic injection machine. • Plastic washing, drying and disinfection unit to recycle the plastic tableware. • Aluminum can crusher machine to reduce the storing size of the cans until melting it. • Electrical furnace to melt aluminum cans into raw bars.
Project Name
Campus Smart Recycling System to turn Food Organic Wastes and Recyclables into Economic Value Products.
Ref No/ Funded Entity
2068
Project Duration
12month
Project Start Date
2021-10-01
Project End Date
2022-09-02
Total Budget
EGP
Budget of the academy in this project
EGP
Project Website
Objectives
- The main questions that lead to this project proposal are: • Can we practically benefit from wastes, instead of dumping it? • Is there a simple cost-effective solution to help the local societies in the urban areas to decrease the effects of garbage problem? • What are the best types of recyclable materials in domestic waste we can easily use? • Can we build a solution that can suit many types of project benefiters? • Are our project deliverables outcomes, can be used for startup projects, for youth in urban communities? As an answer to most of those questions, Research and Developments Department at Industry Service Complex in AASTMT Abou Qir campus, build a prototype for a small size composter unit that can be used in recycling the home kitchen wastes into organic fertilizer in 2016. The prototype proved the concept and succeeds in producing organic fertilizers as expected, from the kitchen food wastes. The prototype was presented in many events at AASTMT like the environmental day in 2019, and many exhibitions like “Bedaia†exhibitor in 2020. To demonstrate how local communities can benefits from recycling some types of their own wastes, our case study research will be based on a series of experiments to show the applicability of our solution using AASTMT main campus (Abou Qir) in Alexandria. As mentioned before the proposed system will focus only in this stage on 3 types of campus wastes: • Organic food waste from the kitchen and restaurant • Plastic spoons and forks • Aluminum beverage cans The project objectives are: • Managing and controlling the campus waste. • Adding an economic value to the organic food wastes instead of dumping it. • Reducing the campus running cost by: o Producing percentage of the purchased disposable plastic tableware using AASTMT owned plastic injection machine reside at ISC. o Reducing the campus budget for purchasing: ▪ Fertilizers used in campus turfs areas. ▪ Recyclables restaurant tableware (Spoons and forks). ▪ Aluminum raw materials for student’s graduation projects.
Our Partners
- AASTMT
https://aast.edu
Project Coordinator
Dr. Essam Ezzat ElBokl
Dean of Industry Service Complex
Mobile: 1001610697
E-mail: ebokl@aast.edu