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From Waste to Wealth: A New Pathway for Food Waste Management in Saudi Arabia

Project Type: Self-Initiated

Project Description

In response to Saudi Arabia's significant food waste challenge, our project at King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals aims to innovatively reduce total food waste, especially focusing on bread reduction, through a %50 s goal of a'2030 waste, aligning with Vision comprehensive approach that includes converting discarded bread into valuable biogas feedstock, optimizing pre-treatment station locations, developing a collection mathematical model and introducing the 'Niemah' digital platform as a connecting bridge for businesses and consumers, enabling the sale of items nearing expiration and fostering a sustainable and circular economy


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Project Team

Abdullah Saeed Alshahrani
Abdullah Saeed Alshahrani
ISE
Khaled Mohammed Al-Qahtani
Khaled Mohammed Al-Qahtani
CHE
Hussain Yahya Alqahtani
Hussain Yahya Alqahtani
CHE
Abdullah Saeed Alqahtani
Abdullah Saeed Alqahtani
ISE
Abdulrahman Alamrani
Abdulrahman Alamrani
ISE

Team Coach

Dr. Ismail Almaraj
Dr. Ismail Almaraj
Assistant Professor

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Smart Mobility and Logistics