The link between waste management, climate change and bioeconomy

During the last week of April, we have spent a couple of days in Bogota, Colombia, attending two seminars in the field of bioeconomy. The first one was the ‘National Colombian forum on bioeconomy. Sustainable territorial innovation’, while the second one was the last meeting of the ALCUE NET project, a 5-year project funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme. The objective of the ALCUE NET project is to establish
a bi-regional European Union, Latin America and the
Caribbean (EU-CELAC) common platform bringing together actors involved in research and innovation, funding and implementation, as well as other relevant stakeholders from the academic, public and private sector in the following four main topics: Energy, information and communication technology, bioeconomy and biodiversity and climate change.

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Egypt reviews Red Sea waste management system – Dailynewsegypt

Egypt’s Minister of Local Development and Environment, Manal Awad, and Red Sea Governor Walid El-Barqi held an extensive meeting to review the performance of the governorate’s waste management system and discuss measures to improve environmental services and operational efficiency. The meeting, held during Awad’s visit to the Red Sea Governorate to mark World Environment Day, focused on assessing current challenges facing waste collection, sorting, recycling and disposal operations, as well as identifying priority actions to strengthen the system’s performance. Awad stressed that the government places significant importance on developing an integrated waste management system in the Red Sea Governorate, given its strategic importance as one of Egypt’s leading tourism destinations. She emphasized the need to comply with environmental and technical standards governing sanitary landfills, waste treatment facilities and environmentally sound disposal practices. During the meeting, officials reviewed the current status of waste management operations in Hurghada, including collection, transportation, sorting, recycling and final disposal activities. Discussions also covered the infrastructure upgrades required to improve system efficiency and ensure the proper operation of sanitary landfill facilities. Yasser Abdullah, head of Egypt’s Waste Management Regulatory Authority, presented updates on temporary waste collection and sorting sites and outlined measures to strengthen operational management and oversight. He highlighted the importance of improving monitoring mechanisms for waste handling activities and maximizing the recovery of recyclable materials while reducing informal and unregulated practices.