Amman, July 15 (Petra) – The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday with the Waste
Recycling Cooperative Association to implement the plastic recycling
project in mosques.

The ministry’s Secretary-General, Ismail Khataba, who inked the memo
with the association’s president Hussein Abu Jabal, said it will help
promote institutional and community-based environmental culture
through more than 5,000 mosques, whose weekly Friday sermons reach
thousands of citizens across the Kingdom.

The pioneering initiative, he said, will start in about 100 mosques,
with a gradual expansion to include grand mosques across all
governorates.

The project will organize specialized training workshops for
collecting, sorting, and recycling waste generated in mosques,
particularly plastic water bottles and cardboard.

He said recycling and cleanliness fit into religious principles,
which deems cleanliness as a genuine tenet of the faith.

Khataba voiced hope that the project extends sustainable
environmental practices to homes and society as a whole, as envisaged
by Jordan’s 2026–2027 National Cleanliness and Anti-Littering
Strategy.

Abu Jabal, for his part, noted that changing community behavior and
reinforcing environmental protection have been a primary objective of
the association.

Waste recycling has important environmental, economic, and social
dimensions as it provides employment opportunities for thousands,
contributes to supporting families and improves their sources of
income.

//Petra//HA