Egypt reuses recycled construction waste in paving roads, making tiles: Minister

CAIRO – 23 September 2021: Egypt issued a new waste management law last year, to regulate its ways of getting rid of different types of waste. Today, the country is incorporating a new system for the reuse of construction waste in different purposes, including paving roads.  

According to Egyptian Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad, it was important to have a legislative tool represented in the waste management law issued last year, which tackles ways of getting rid of hazardous, medical and agriculture waste.

She further explained that the ministry started studying ways to get rid of construction waste amid the implementation of giant projects, where a number of spots were allocated to dump the waste of Greater Cairo; however, this was not sufficient.

“It was necessary to study an integrated system for the disposal of construction waste,” she added.

The minister continued saying that the construction waste were recycled to be reused in construction, whether in paving roads, making tiles and various products.

She said that the ministry was assigned to immediately start this project by purchasing a set of crushers for recycling of construction and demolition waste.