Where are the environmentally conscious areas of egypt and other thoughts on the topic of environmentalism?

Question

Is there a section of egypt that's effectively implementing environmentally friendly ways of living (i.e., recycling, people not littering often, high trash can availability in outdoor market areas, etc., etc)? Yes, yes, many are hospitable and friendly, but after being used to living in green places like the california bay area, and germany, I was shocked to see that the basics of environmental care were ignored out of the costly hotel areas. Out of the touristy areas people threw all sorts of trash on the street, I didn't notice any garbage cans (was told that people would probably steal them), trash piled high, goats and other livestock eating in refuse...that wasn't uncommon from my trips to various cities in alexandria and cairo. One city, kafr-el-dawr, just recently got constant garbage pick up--is that a common problem for the "commoners" of egypt that aren't born into a "better" life? also, what are the cancer rates since it seems there's a lack of environmental control?

Answer 1

Environmentally consciousness are not distributed by areas, its distributed individually, however, there is a small city called Qena who implement environmental system recently and its working fine and the people there are happy with the outcome.
The environmental laws came into effect very recently (2000) in comparison to other countries (60's and 70's) so the environmental authorities are taking things by priorities.
Industry wastes comes first, clearly because they produce more than any other sources and they are doing ok in that matter (in my opinion).
Concerning domestic waste, there are two big contractors hired to do the domestic wastes (from producer to recycling or landfill) in Cairo and Alex.
Still there are some persistent problems in which their solution is dependent on other problems such as;
-Traffic emissions
-Old or existing factories (most likely doesnt implement environmental measures in the process, have too many employees, sometimes authorities prefer to "let" them do what they do because the alternative is not a good idea (Shutting it down lead to lots of employees lose their sole income)
- Corruption.
- environmental and health "un-awareness" of the majority.
etc..

and unfortunately yes, we do have some VERY high cancer rates among the people, especially the poor.
such as and not limited to; Liver, lungs, blood, kidneys, breast, prostate.

Answer 2

One site which may be of interest to you if you wish to locate an environmentally sensitive site is as follows:
http://www.gatewaytoegypt.com/wadi_rayan.htm. In general, there is little environmental sensitivity throughout Cairo. Streets are usually littered with garbage and the street sweepers, that are referenced in another answer, are readily available, also sweeping in the middle of local avenues, where the dirt piles are left and then scattered again within and under oncoming auto traffic. Over the past three years, due to relaxing of govt. import tarriffs, a growing number of newer cars can be seen throughout the streets. However, a vast majority of Cairo autos and public buses are all older than 25 years and still around, spilling clouds of exhaust. The result is that most day-breaks are meet with dusty and dirty air choked with smoke from autos, cement plants and burning farmlands located in and around the Nile Delta. On cold mornings, One will often see the govt. street gaurds burning plastic trash bags in the streets to stay warm. It is well joked that the state bird of Egypt is the plastic bag which can be seen floating about and rousting throughout major cities as well as in the desert areas toward Whale valley, Demay and the Bahariya Oasis. It is, unfortunately, not an endangered spieces here. Summing up, A country of such natural beauty where, as others have stated, in other answers, very few people care about the environement.

Answer 3

When asked a question like that the Egyptian will say, this is Egypt,yes there are garbage bins on the strreets these are emptied by, the one looking for metel the one looking for glass , plastic as in packings , plastic bottles, plastic tops,
and cans (beer, coke)and the paper, so by the time the council get there hands on it its only got the actual garbage left, why throw it away leave it in the village the goats chickens etc will finish it off, go on the ferries or even the local transport its full of the husks off beans nuts and anything thats not edible, and then mixed with spit or flem,the garbage from over 200 cruisers on the nile is taken to the desert behind Medinet Habu, at one time it was just dumped in the nile where most of the afluent still goes off these ships until they finish the new landing areas outside Luxor & Aswan,
you need to go to the backstreets to see filth, any empty house or space in the towns ond cities are a potential dumping grounds,
the local practise say if the donkey dies, put it in the canal the fish will eat it and thats not just in the villages(seen the canals in Cairo) look out of any high hotel window their neigbouring roofs are full of garbage, here in the hotel Its a hard job to get people to actually keep the place clean," I get"its been brushed mr Tony, they use the cloths to move dust from one place to another, cleaning is alien to them they do not do it in thier own homes THE COMMON people,so why do it anywhere else,
And if the council do not clean up what are they supposed to do with it not all have goats and other animals, so its this is Egypt.

Answer 4

My friend and I were driving on the High Road (highway around Cairo) on the outskirts of the city early one morning at 4 am. We had to swerve sharply to avoid hitting a man with a broom sweeping in the middle of the road. Don't remember exactly how many lanes (3 or 4) but he was literally in the middle of the highway. The first thought that popped into my head at that moment was that perhaps this was his contribution to improving the litter problem in Cairo. I gave him an A+ for effort. It was, however, at that moment I decided to form the MINISTRY OF COMMON SENSE. First order of business: inform people that it is probably not a good idea to sweep a highway at 4 am in a country where having your headlights on while driving after dark is optional. Getting back to your question - I did not see very many trashcans either. I had to reprimand my own friends several times for throwing trash out of the windows of their car while driving. I found myself seperating my trash as I would at home (plastic, newspapers, glass) only to be told it all goes to the same place. There is a great book called Cairo: The City Victorious (author Max Rodenbeck) which is a history of Cairo spanning several hundred years. He briefly discusses the pollution and litter problem of modern day Cairo. Turns out the problem used to be a lot worse than it is today. Perhaps this man with the broom on the highway is making a small dent in the problem.

Answer 5

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