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Today, the company provides its waste
management services to a number of the largest
multinationals in the country, and has helped
some of them achieve their own ambitions of
reaching zero waste to landfills through offering
them complete and customised zero-waste
solutions.
Moreover, Geocycle has had a positive social
and environmental impact on the communities it
operates in, whether by reducing the CO
2
emissions
generated from landfills or by creating direct and
indirect jobs. This is particularly important for
informal workers who work in the trash-sorting
sector as garbage collectors, who are now part of
the value chain and get the much needed health
and safety training, vaccinations, equipment, and
secured income.
The company has been an active contributor to
the National Solid Waste Management Programme,
aimed at the protection of public health,
environment, and quality of living for Egyptian
citizens through sustainable development of waste
management practices. In December 2017, Geocycle
Egypt was awarded with the Social Impact Award
at the Swiss Egyptian Business Association. The
award was presented by her Excellency, Dr Sahar
Nasr, Minister of Investment and International
Cooperation, who recognised Geocycle’s efforts to
improve the waste management process in Egyptian
society and to develop the informal sector’s
capabilities.
Looking to the future and with a vision to
significantly increase the amount of waste that can
be used as AF, Geocycle Egypt launched its new
waste facility in Sokhna with a capacity of up to
350 000 tpy of AF from municipal solid waste and
biomass. This project by the LafargeHolcim Group
represents one of the significant foreign direct
investments in the waste sector in the country
with a value of CHF 10 million. The platform is the
largest in the Middle East and North Africa and one
of LafargeHolcim’s largest platforms.
“We’re really proud to have this leading facility
in Egypt. We want to be part of creating a green,
sustainable, and better future for our country, a
future with zero waste, and we trust we can make a
difference” Elkady concluded.
About the author
Inji Khalil is Head of Communications at Lafarge Egypt
since August 2017. She has 17 years of experience in
marketing communications and has held several positions
with local and multinationals operating in Egypt, including
LG Electronics, Orascom Distribution, and OSN Pay TV. She
also worked as a consultant for a number of companies,
including Citibank and Methanex.
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