In Egypt, a country whose capital was announced to be one of the top polluted cities globally, innovation and entrepreneurship can contribute massively to promote solutions for improving the environment. Eco Experts, in July 2018, released a report on the global levels of pollution for air, noise, and light, in which it listed the most and least toxic cities in the world. “Cairo tops the worst ten list, followed by Delhi, Beijing, Moscow, Istanbul, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, and Paris,” stated Forbes magazine, citing the report. In addition, the World Health Organization (WHO) carried out a study in the period from 2011 to 2015 and released its results in May 2018 stating the top cities in air pollution; Cairo ranked the second most polluted city globally after India’s New Delhi. The Egyptian Ministry of Environment issued a statement refuting Eco Experts’ claim, saying that there were flaws in terms of the methodology and results. In its endeavors to introduce new means of waste management, The Ministry of Environment launched “Sell your garbage” project in 2017. The project aimed to encourage people to sell their trash bags to the project kiosks…
