Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad stated Saturday 15/06/2024 that the government had spent LE9 billion until present on introducing a waste management system in Egypt by building transfer stations, recycling plants and landfills.

Models of integrated waste management have been set up in each of Cairo, Alexandria, Kafr El Sheikh, Damietta, Port Said, and Ismailiyah. Fouad revealed that the ministry planned to create a transfer station in Gharbia which produces 3,000 tons of waste daily, given that such step would guarantee the sustainable operation of the governorate’s recycling plant.

In May, the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities unveiled that the implementation of the first phase of the safe closure project for the Al-Salam public dump was being finished.

The project is aimed at getting rid of the negative effects of random dumps, while rehabilitating the site, and building an electricity station using biogas in the second phase of the project.

The Minister of Housing indicated that
the project is located in Al-Salam City in Cairo Governorate, between Al-Mahrousa buildings and Rawdat Al-Obour buildings, with an area of 72 acres. It is a random waste dump containing solid municipal waste, construction and demolition waste, and hazardous industrial waste, weighing an estimated 8.5 million tons. Its volume is 14.7 million cubic metres, and the Obour City Authority is carrying out the safe closure of the waste dump, to transform it into a public park to preserve the health of citizens.

Source: State Information Service Egypt