Egypt, Italy discuss joint cooperation in environment

Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad met on Tuesday with Michele Quaroni, the Ambassador of Italy in Cairo, to discuss ways of future cooperation to enhance partnership in environmental and climate investment. 

During the meeting, the minister praised the extended cooperation over the past years with the Italian side in a number of environmental fields, including nature protection and community integration, and waste management.

The Italian ambassador welcomed opportunities for joint cooperation in environmental investment, especially with Italy’s interest in circular economy applications, and Italian expertise and technology in this field, praising the inspiring Egyptian models in the field of sustainability and the circular economy, especially in the fashion textile industry.

Both officials discussed ways of cooperation in implementing the demolition and construction strategy by creating partnerships between the Egyptian and Italian private sectors to localize technology in this field, as well as cooperation through the strategy of recycling edible oils to provide the raw material for the production of biodiesel.

They also addressed opportunities for cooperation to invest in recycling agricultural waste, through the implementation of the national strategy for agricultural waste management, which refers to 42 million tonnes of agricultural waste produced by Egypt every year as a promising investment opportunity.