Plastic bags for garbage collection distributed to garden goers in Giza during Eid celebrations

CAIRO – 10 June 2022: A total of 30,000 bags for garbage collection were distributed free of charge to the visitors of national parks in Giza, on the first day of Eid Al Adha celebration, said Governor Ahmed Rashed in a statement on Sunday.

He added that the governorate has a plan to distribute a total of 150,000 plastic bags for the garden goers during the four-day celebrations of Eid al Adha. He said that this campaign contributes greatly to facilitating the work of collecting garbage and transporting it by car from the gardens to the public dumping site in Shubra Ment District, Giza.

The Authority of the Cleaning, Neighborhoods and Centers was instructed to remove waste, and ensure that garbage bins are emptied in a timely manner, especially in areas with high population densities, the governor said.

Egypt’s Law No. 202 of 2020 aims to issue a law regulating waste management, to eliminate the problem of garbage and waste, through the establishment of a body tasked with organizing and managing waste.

The body not only helps achieve improvement of waste management service that is environmentally safe but also attracts investments into the sector.

Egyptian Minister for Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy stated on 1 June 2022 that the size of investments allocated to develop the integrated system for waste management in the Red Sea is L.E. 112 million.