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Trash pollutes Lebanon’s Mediterranean coastline
Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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