With a view to supporting waste management in Egypt's New Administrative Capital (NAC), UAE-based Beeah has joined forces with the Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) to launch a joint venture. The aim is to move 80% of landfill waste to the new city by 2030.
Some four years after being awarded the concession to manage waste in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), UAE-based Beeah is joining forces with the Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) to create a joint venture to provide these integrated waste management services. The partnership agreement was signed on 10 December 2023 by Khaled Al-Harimel, CEO of the Beeah Group, and Khaled Abbas, CEO of ACUD, on the sidelines of the 28th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai.
According to the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, the joint venture will provide general hygiene services, collection and management of waste from residential, commercial, administrative and medical facilities, operation of waste recycling facilities and collection of medical and agricultural waste. The joint venture will also enable the sale and purchase of waste to empower the circular economy and move waste away from landfill sites in the NAC. For the record, the new city under construction 45km from Cairo will be home to up to 6.5 million people spread across at least 21 residential areas.
Divert 80% of waste from landfill by 2030
However, much of the waste produced in the city will be incinerated to generate electricity. Concessions have already been granted to companies to build the plants needed to achieve this objective. One such company is Fas Energy. The Saudi company plans to invest up to 300 million dollars in the construction of incinerators in the NAC.
Overall, the Beeah group is counting on this new collaboration with ACUD to achieve an 80% waste diversion rate in the NAC. This will support one of the ambitious objectives of the Egyptian government’s Vision 2030, which is to increase the recycling rate by 25%.
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A mobile application will also be developed, enabling residents to access information and benefit from the full range of waste management services.
Inès Magoum
