solid waste management
Egypt-Korea sign agreement to produce fuel from waste
Business
February 9, 2019
Egypt-Korea sign agreement to produce fuel from waste
Egypt signed an agreement on Friday with JST, a leading Korean company in the field of solid waste conversion technology…
Solid waste management project to start soon in Egypt at cost of $75 mn
Environment
October 27, 2014
Solid waste management project to start soon in Egypt at cost of $75 mn
Khaled Fahmy, Minister of Environment, held a meeting with Stepten Hammer, lead urban specialist at the World Bank and co-author…
A new dawn for solid waste management
Environment
February 28, 2011
A new dawn for solid waste management
Egypt's 25 January uprising has unexpectedly sparked fresh interest in environmental issues. NGOs concerned with solid waste management are taking…
With pigs long gone, traditional recycling methods remain ineffective
Environment
January 9, 2011
With pigs long gone, traditional recycling methods remain ineffective
A year and a half ago, in April 2009, the Egyptian government adopted the most stringent stance possible against the…
Environmental Voices: No to garbage
Environment
December 13, 2010
Environmental Voices: No to garbage
In previous articles dealing with the topics of green politics and the importance of scientific research, the aim was to…
Environmental Voices: Small is beautiful for Egypt’s solid waste management
Environment
September 26, 2010
Environmental Voices: Small is beautiful for Egypt’s solid waste management
The following article is part of Al-Masry Al Youm's weekly "Environmental Voices" series, in which issues related to the environment--whether…
Managing Cairo’s solid waste: We need to get our hands dirty too
Environment
May 3, 2010
Managing Cairo’s solid waste: We need to get our hands dirty too
Cairo alone hosts 17 million people. Seventeen million people purchasing and consuming, and, according to official figures, producing every day…
Govt mulls new waste management policy
Environment
April 15, 2010
Govt mulls new waste management policy
A committee composed of the ministries of environment, local development and finance, alongside representatives from the Cairo governor's office, met…
Civil society takes lead in solid waste management
Environment
March 16, 2010
Civil society takes lead in solid waste management
Solid-waste management is the system for controlling, handling and disposing of solid waste to reduce it to the smallest volume…