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Solid Waste Management in Egypt
Successful solid waste management is a vital issue
in the context of Egypt’s sustainable development strategy
and has an impact on all sectors of the economy. This study attempts
to acquaint the business community with the status of solid waste
management in Egypt, shedding light on the associated legal framework,
geographical distribution, current treatment and disposal methods,
and public, NGO and donor participation in the sector. It gives
an overview of the sector and describes representative projects
with focus on recent national and governorate-level experiences.
To accelerate performance, the solid waste
management sector is in need of more private sector enthusiasm and
commitment. The lack of national private sector experience, however,
calls for public-private partnerships as well as foreign companies’
support. This is an opportunity for Egyptian and U.S. firms looking
for prospects to do business.
SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS
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Solid waste management (SWM) and municipal solid
waste, in specific, is a high environmental policy priority.
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Municipal solid waste in Egypt is characterized
by its high organic content.
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Open dumping is the most common of solid waste
treatment methods in Egypt.
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The private waste collection system in Egypt is
mainly semi-formal or informally organized with very few formal
private collection companies.
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International donors, funding agencies and NGOs
are currently involved in different SWM projects as well as
in financing environmental technologies.
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Landfilling technologies and equipment constitute
the major products and services needed in the environmental
technologies' market for removal and sanitary landfilling of
waste accumulations.
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The Alexandria model for solid waste management
is a private sector initiative spearheaded by the governorate
of Alexandria and institutionally supported by USAID.
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