Document Type

Research Project

Publication Date

9-30-2025

Abstract

This paper explores the theme of climate mitigation by focusing on the waste management issue and the negative effects of landfills in increasing greenhouse gas emission. The research tackles insights specifically gathered from Cairo, Egypt, presenting challenges and gaps in the waste management market. Research found that the efforts of the formal waste management sector in privatizing the industry had led to the increase of garbage waste and subsequently affecting the environment negatively due to lack of trash disposal and the burning of trash, while the informal sector represented in local communities called “Zabbaleen,” showed better results at maintaining a recycling system. Despite this, there are still plenty of challenges that face the waste management industry in Cairo, where this paper aims to address and propose meaningful solutions to them by pointing out relevant stakeholders that could be of potential help such as the NWFE program to turn waste into energy, as well as the participation of local citizens of Cairo in the recycling process.

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