trash
Trash pollutes Lebanon’s Mediterranean coastline
Environment
November 29, 2018
Trash pollutes Lebanon’s Mediterranean coastline
BEIRUT (AP) — Plastic bottles, soft drink cans and blue garbage bags. An old television, discarded vegetables and coffee…
Egypt exempts houses of worship from garbage collection fees
Environment
November 8, 2018
Egypt exempts houses of worship from garbage collection fees
Egypt has exempted houses of worship from paying garbage collection fees, after the House of Representatives approved an amendment…
More state kiosks will be set up next week to buy waste from public: Cairo Governor
Egypt
April 24, 2017
More state kiosks will be set up next week to buy waste from public: Cairo Governor
Cairo Governor Atef Abdel-Hameed said more recycling kiosks will be set up around the capital within a week for Cairenes…
Turning New York City’s trash into treasure
Life & Style
March 16, 2016
Turning New York City’s trash into treasure
For 30 years, sanitation worker Nelson Molina kept New York clean — and in the process found beauty in other…
Protesting poor garbage collection, Obour residents throw litter outside municipality
Egypt
October 15, 2015
Protesting poor garbage collection, Obour residents throw litter outside municipality
Citizens in Obour city, located on the eastern outskirts of Cairo, have launched a campaign urging citizens to protest local…
One man’s trash is another man’s tourist destination in New York
Life & Style
July 11, 2015
One man’s trash is another man’s tourist destination in New York
Bright colored kayaks bobbed around the rotted hull of a World War II submarine chaser that was rusted into a…
Presidential decree harshens penalties of dumping garbage
Egypt
June 5, 2014
Presidential decree harshens penalties of dumping garbage
President Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree on Thursday, amending Law No. 38 of 1967 on hygiene so as to…
Lack of services and sanitation a toxic mix on Gezirat al-Warraq
Environment
October 14, 2012
Lack of services and sanitation a toxic mix on Gezirat al-Warraq
Standing on the peak of one of Gezirat al-Warraq’s trash mountains, one can see beautiful Nile vignettes, the shores of…
Reinvigorating Cairo’s urban spaces with solid urban waste
Environment
July 1, 2012
Reinvigorating Cairo’s urban spaces with solid urban waste
Juan López-Aranguren holds up an empty can of orange Fanta. “It can become trash, or you can look at it…
Popular committees pressure Giza governor to address trash problem
Environment
October 15, 2011
Popular committees pressure Giza governor to address trash problem
Popular committees have started to carry piles of garbage from different neighborhoods in Giza in front of the governorate headquarters…