Egypt Readies Extended Producer Responsibility Waste System for Private Sector

Egypt's environment minister has met private-sector representatives to review digital tools for the extended producer responsibility waste system ahead of its rollout.

• Environment Minister Manal Awad met representatives of a private-sector company, joined by Waste Management Regulatory Authority head Yasser Abdullah, to review digital solutions.
• Awad said the ministry is completing regulatory procedures before offering the system's components to the private sector to manage and operate.
• Company representatives proposed an integrated digital platform to track waste collection, transport, and recycling and build a database of producers and materials.
• Awad said the system will integrate the informal sector and return recycled materials to producers, reducing reliance on imported inputs.