Waste In Egypt Essay

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A Timeline of Waste in Cairo
Despite the fact that MSW is a responsibility of governments and municipalities, the earliest form of waste management system that has ever been known in Cairo was established by people not by authorities, a collaboration that dates back to the beginning of the last century. The first societal authority in this parallel government was a group of migrants from the Dakhla oasis in the western Egyptian desert. They were called Wahiya which means ‘oasis people’. They settled in Cairo and embarked themselves on managing the city’s waste as a living . (Neamatalla, 1998) The Wahiya were picky collectors, interested in the economic value of their collected refuse. That made them more focused on recyclable material like …show more content…

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