Goal 12. Responsible Consumption and Production
12.2.4 Policy waste disposal - landfill policy Have a policy.
AASTMT is adopting the different practices in the delivery of its waste management services. The AASTMT will apply different policies and activities’, to reduce, reuse, recycle and recover waste products in preference to the disposal of waste to landfill.
Policy Waste Disposal - Landfill Policy on AASTMT webpage
Training Program
Within the role of the Ministry of Environment in implementing the new waste management system: The Minister of Environment directs the rapid implementation of the infrastructure of the waste management system and the qualification of the cadres working in the system.
The Ministry of Environment, in cooperation with the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, implemented a two-day training program for workers in the waste management system in the Eastern Province, to qualify cadres and workers in the waste system as part of capacity building efforts to raise the level of performance, in a way that facilitates the implementation of the system in the best way and achieves its effectiveness and use, through definition. The Waste Management Law and the role of the Waste Management Regulatory Authority in this field, and an introduction to the infrastructure that is being implemented and the best ways to operate and sustain it. It also includes practical training for workers in the sanitary landfill in Belbeis in Sharqia.
Within the role of the Ministry of Environment in implementing the new waste management system on Social media
“Composting the Organic Wastes into an Organic Fertilizers Using the Earthworm Eisenia Fetida (Red Wiggler)”
The AAST has a funded project entitled “COMPOSTING THE ORGANIC WASTES INTO AN ORGANIC FERTILIZERS USING THE EARTHWORM EISENIA FETIDA (RED WIGGLER)”. This project aims to the building a sustainable composting unit for the disposal of the organic wastes using the earthworm which will feed on them. After digesting the worms for these organic wastes, it produced a cast called vermicompost which is very rich in organic nutrients as well as growth hormones which will be very useful for plant growth. Moreover, the production rate of these worms is very high and also its protein content reach 70%. So, the dried worm meal can be used as a supplementary feed for fish and poultry. This in turn will decrease the fish and poultry production coast and hence decrease the overall prices of such important human food. So, the current project is trying to solve the problem of organic waste in cities and also converting them to a valuable and important product. Moreover, such techniques will decrease the overall emission of greenhouse gases.
