Addressing Waste as a Basis for Regenerative Transformations

Introduction Garbage accumulating on the streets in Egypt’s urban and rural areas creates serious problems in terms of hygiene and creates a sense of chaos. One often hears complaints from locals as well as visitors, and these lead to recurrent attempts by the government to address the garbage problem. This is not a new phenomenon (Fahmy 2022). In his book In Quest of Justice, Khaled Fahmy writes about the time of Muhammed Ali, when garbage full of organic waste was associated with bad air an..