Zain Bahrain Company has organized the concluding ceremony of the 3rd national e-Waste School Competition under the patronage of Minister of Oil and Environment, Special Envoy for Climate Affairs, Dr. Mohammed bin Mubarak bin Daina.

The event was attended by Capital Governor Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa, officials and experts in the environmental fields and principals of the participating schools.

The celebration was held in conjunction with Bahrain’s commemoration of the World Environment Day, which is observed on June 5 every year.

Acting Director of the Surveillance and Environment Protection at the Supreme Council for Environment (SCE), Eng. Lama Al-Mahrous, stressed the important role of the competition in raising environmental awareness among students regarding the hard and growing challenge of electronic waste and its hazardous effect on the environment and people’s health.

Source: Bahrain News Agency