In Egypt, the governorate of Cairo has acquired a new solid waste transit station. The facility, located near the Port-Saïd road, has a capacity of 2,000 tonnes per day.
A new transit station will now support solid waste management centres in the Cairo governorate in Egypt. The facility, built on a 4,100 m2 site, was inaugurated on 26 July 2023 by the Egyptian Minister for the Environment. According to Yasmine Fouad, the station will store waste collected in the districts of Shubra, Zawia Al-Hamra, Hadayek Al-Qubba, Rawd Al-Faraj, Al-Sharabiyyah, Al-Sahel, Al-Zaytoun and Al-Amiriya, all located in the north of Cairo governorate.
The aim is to optimise the collection and transfer of this waste to dedicated treatment centres in the governorate of Cairo. The inauguration of the new transit station will also help to reduce soil and water pollution caused by solid waste in the governorate of Cairo, which produces 1,5000 tonnes of solid waste every day.
“The facility was built under an agreement signed between the Egyptian Ministries of the Environment, Local Development, Planning and Economic Development, and the Arab Industrialization Organization (AIO). The aim is to implement infrastructure projects to improve solid waste management, achieve the desired sustainable development and help reduce methane emissions, which contribute to global warming”, says the Egyptian Ministry of the Environment.
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Construction of the plant required an investment of 80 million Egyptian pounds, or around 2.6 million dollars. Further work is planned as part of the partnership between the Egyptian government and AIO. Cairo aims to reduce solid and sanitary waste pollution by 50% by 2030, through the adoption of the circular economy. Egypt currently produces an average of 95 million tonnes of waste every year.
Inès Magoum
