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Streets of Egypt to Be Cleared of Garbage Within Three Months

October 4, 2018
Trash dumped in the streets of Egypt. Photo credit: Egyptian Streets.

Ministry of Local Development Khaled Kassem stated that the ministry will begin a cleaning system that will dispose of all the trash in the streets of Cairo and other governorates within three months. According to Egypt Today, the Egyptian parliament will issue a new garbage law in the next parliamentary meeting. Once the National Waste Managment Holding, a waste management group, is inaugurated, governors will hand over comprehensive studies of the new cleaning system; a cleaning system that will collect the waste and move it to recycling units and waste treatment plants. Egypt has been struggling with waste disposal problem for years. According to Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), 44.8 percent of local households throw out their trash on the streets of Egypt as of 2017. The Environmental Affairs Agency also reported that Egyptians use about 12 billion plastic bags a year resulting in sever environmental damages.   However, there have been many efforts from both the public and private sector to solve Egypt’s waste problem. In May, former Minster of Environment, Khaled Fahmy, stated that Cairo was provided with EGP 300 million worth of equipment to…


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