Will Egypt trash its latest waste-sorting initiative?
The latest initiative to encourage households to sort waste has been unsuccessful due to mismanagement at the government level.
CAIRO — The Egyptian state has launched many initiatives since 2013, many of which have faced obstacles and were halted, or have become useless and only served the successive governments by grabbing the media's attention.
This certainly applies to the "Waste Sorting at the Source" initiative, as confirmed to Al-Monitor by sources within the waste collection companies that are part of it. The initiative was launched on March 8, 2014, by the Ministry of Environment to raise awareness among citizens of the need to separate organic waste, which can be used in the production of fertilizer and energy, and solid waste that can be recycled.
