Wherever you are in Egypt, the sight of garbage on almost every street has become the norm. Sewage and industry waste is still dumped in the Nile. With a population closing in on 100 million, the waste problem is not going away soon. While it can be a liability, IWEX turned it into an opportunity … Continue reading →Large Hills of Trash on Egyptian Streets are about to Turn into Business Opportunities

Using cargotecture – container architecture – Karim Rafla and Youssef Farag are upcycling discarded shipping containers which would otherwise be left to rot, to create everything from houses to restaurants, to possible governmental projects. “Architecture should speak for its time and place,” Frank Gehry once said. Ours is a time of excess, opulence, a time … Continue reading →How 2 Egyptian entrepreneurs are building incredible houses out of abandoned shipping containers

A pilot project to purchase garbage from citizens would start with two outlets in Cairo this month, the state newspaper Al-Akhbar quoted the governor of Cairo Atef Abdel Hamid. One outlet would be at Ibn Sender Square in Hadaek Al-qoba district and the other at Aswan Street in Heliopolis district, both would be run by … Continue reading →Egypt: Pilot Project to Purchase Garbage From Citizens to Start in Cairo

Researchers at Egypt’s Nile University are developing a way to turn dried shrimp shells that would otherwise be thrown away into thin films of biodegradable plastic they hope will be used to make eco-friendly grocery bags and packaging. Six months into their two-year project, the research team has managed to create a thin, clear prototype … Continue reading →Egyptian researchers turn shrimp shells into biodegradable plastic