The New Valley Governorate is distinguished by the cultivation of palm trees, which is considered the main crop on which the governorate depends, especially in the center of Balat, where the number of palm trees grown is estimated 51,868 thousand palm trees, and the amount of palm waste is estimated at more than 421,184 tons of waste produced from 52,648 palm trees (note that the palm tree produces 8 - 12 leaves every year), noting that the use of this waste does not exceed 20% of this quantity in making pens for livestock or roofing roofs, and 80% of the waste is burned and disposed of, which It causes environmental pollution and the spread of many diseases Eye and respiratory diseases, and from the standpoint of confronting this environmental problem, we started the idea of recycling this waste and transforming it from a threat that threatens the environment into a useful resource, by changing the culture of farms and directing people to preserve the environment and its resources. A group of young people was trained to collect waste in specific places for collection and shredding it using the equipment designated for that and making compost to increase the quality of agricultural land. From this standpoint, the project contributed to solving problems. Multiple, the most important of which is

• mitigating the effects of climate change resulting from burning all this amount of agricultural waste and reducing thermal emissions. It also helps To improve the economic conditions of the youth who benefit from the project
• Providing job opportunities for young people by granting them interest-free loans to use in developing their agricultural projects
• Providing a waste product for the community at a lower price, which will lead to a competitive advantage over others
• Providing financial resources for the association that will enable it to implement development activities that support the project idea and preserve the environment.
• Maximizing the benefit from palm leaves as an alternative to chemical fertilizers.
• Contributing to reducing rural-to-urban migration and encouraging younger generations to reverse migrate from the crowded cities of the Nile Valley to the regions Desert