waste

Burn or spurn? What to do with Western waste
Environment

Burn or spurn? What to do with Western waste

Western countries must increasingly deal with hard to dispose of plastics because China and many southeastern Asian countries no longer…
‘Waste Free AUC’ environmental campaign aims to achieve waste-free living in Egypt
Features/Interviews

‘Waste Free AUC’ environmental campaign aims to achieve waste-free living in Egypt

Like many other countries around the globe, Egypt has been in a constant battle with waste.  However, a crucial part…
Mount Everest clean-up team picks up 3 tons of garbage
World

Mount Everest clean-up team picks up 3 tons of garbage

A 14-member team sent by the Nepalese government to tidy up Mount Everest has so far collected three tonnes (3.3 US…
Plastic found in deepest ocean animals
Environment

Plastic found in deepest ocean animals

Animals living in the deepest ocean trenches have been found with plastic fragments in their gut, according to new research…
Egypt’s Electricity Ministry to announce tariff of electricity generated from waste
Environment

Egypt’s Electricity Ministry to announce tariff of electricity generated from waste

Egypt’s Electricity Ministry is about to finish setting a tariff for electric power generation – the purchase price of energy…
Tipples and trash: A Japan waste plant opens its doors
Environment

Tipples and trash: A Japan waste plant opens its doors

  A group of young Japanese snap selfies as they knock back a few drinks on a Friday night. But…
Egypt to announce tariff for selling energy from waste within weeks: Report
Environment

Egypt to announce tariff for selling energy from waste within weeks: Report

  Egyptian Environment Minister Yasmin Fouad announced that the government has prepared a tariff for the sale of energy from…
Egyptian secondary school student produces electricity from inorganic waste
Egypt

Egyptian secondary school student produces electricity from inorganic waste

  Shirook Mahmoud Mohamed, a second secondary grade student at the Alaa Abuslim Secondary School for Girls in Qalyoub, has…
Bug business: Cockroaches crunch waste in China
Environment

Bug business: Cockroaches crunch waste in China

JINAN, China (Reuters) – In the near pitch-dark, you can hear them before you see them – millions of cockroaches…
First sanitary landfill established in Damietta
Egypt

First sanitary landfill established in Damietta

For the first time in Egypt, a sanitary landfill was established in Damietta, according to a statement by the governorate.…
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