Egypt’s Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad; reviewed a report on the latest developments in the role of the Ministry of Environment in implementing the municipal solid waste management system over the past years, especially with the issuance of the Waste Management Regulation Law and its implementing regulations. The Egyptian Minister of Environment stressed that creating promising investment opportunities in the waste sector, in partnership with the private sector, civil society and entrepreneurs, is the most important goal of the ministry, especially in light of the recent trend towards enhancing environmental and climate investment opportunities in general. Fouad explained that through the role of the Ministry of Environment in implementing the new municipal solid waste system, and the part related to the establishment of the infrastructure of the system. Accordingy, 23 sanitary landfills for waste were established in Egypt’s governorates of the New Valley, Beni Suef, Sohag, Menoufia, Giza, Fayoum, Beheira, Matrouh, Luxor, Aswan, South Sinai, Sharkia, the Red Sea, North Sinai and Suez. “To ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of the implementation of the solid waste management system, the government was keen to integrate the informal sector in the field of municipal waste management within the formal work system, by signing a cooperation protocol between the ministries of environment, manpower and social solidarity,” she added.

Source: Daily News Egypt July 30, 2023 00:39 UTC