Ministerial committee checks whether Red Sea landfills are in use, report says

A ministerial committee from Egypt's local development and environment ministries has begun checking whether the environmental landfills built in the cities of the Red Sea Governorate are actually in service, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.

The committee has visited the landfill sites at Hurghada, Safaga and El Quseir, examining their structural and technical condition, how much waste each site receives, and whether sorting runs there regularly or the site remains outside the operating system.

It is also tallying what the state spent on construction, equipping, infrastructure and machinery, and comparing that outlay with how much the facilities are actually used, along with the staff and equipment available to keep them running. The checks are expected to extend to rubbish collection and sorting yards in other cities. No results from the review appear in the reporting.