Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad and Governor of Fayoum Ahmed al-Ansary inaugurated the first project Egypt for converting waste into energy through anaerobic gasification in the village of Qalhana, affiliated to Etsa, Fayoum. The project aims to safely dispose of municipal solid waste and agricultural waste, while exploiting it to produce energy and biofertilizers, supporting rural communities in Fayoum Governorate and improving their standard of living, she said. Fouad explained that the project comes under the first and third programs in the integrated municipal waste management system – these are the establishment of infrastructure and institutional support and engaging the local community in initiatives. In order to achieve rapid comprehensive development, the minister said that it was necessary to work on programs of the waste management system in parallel. Infrastructure was established in 2018 alongside preparation of the first waste management law that was issued in 2020, she explained.

Source: Egypt Independent June 23, 2021 09:22 UTC