Recycling in Egypt How you can help underprivileged families, help raise awareness concerning environmental and social problems and make Egypt cleaner! Information about the free collection of all recyclables by the non-governmental organization El Misbah El Mudii.

1. RECYCLING
MODERN EDUCATION SCHOOL
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May 2013

2. Do you know……
… that EGYPT loses every
year more than 500 Million $
because less than 25% of the
recyclable material really gets
recycled?
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May 2013

3. In Nature there is no waste!
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May 2013

4. Plastic
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May 2013

5. Plastic waste
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May 2013

6. Plastic waste
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May 2013

7. Plastic waste
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May 2013

8. Some ugly numbers about plastic
Every day over a BILLION single-use plastic bags are given out for free
(around 1 million per minute)
An estimated 120 barrels of oil are required to make the bags we consume in a
minute!
Worldwide around 4 billion = 4‘000 000 000 plastic bags end up as litter each year
Plastic bags take up to 1‘000 years to degrade - plastics are forever!
Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammels die every
year from eating discarded plastic bags mistaken for food
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May 2013

9. Plastic
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May 2013

10. Plastic
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May 2013

11. Plastic
Plastic makes up 60-80% of all
garbage floating in the oceans.
Every square km of ocean contains
13,000-18,000 pieces of plastic.
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May 2013

12. What can we do
WHAT CAN I DO?
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May 2013

13. PET RECYCLING
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May 2013

14. PET Recycling
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May 2013

15. House with Plastic Bottles
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May 2013

16. What can we do?
Use less plastic
Don’t litter
Reuse the bags
Bring your own bag
RECYCLE
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May 2013

17. Collection bins
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May 2013

18. Paper
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May 2013

19. Paper
270’000
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May 2013

20. Paper
Main resource for paper production is WOOD
2/3 of the world‘s forest areas disappeared
60 species of plants and animals extinguish daily
Every 10 seconds an area of 6 football fields gets
lost
2.5 of the 6 football fields are used for paper production
(42% of the wood cut worldwide)
17 % of the wood for paper production
comes from ancient forests
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May 2012

21. Paper
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22. Paper
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May 2013

23. What can we do
WHAT CAN I DO?
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May 2013

24. Gamayit Misbah El Mudii
• Free Collection Service of recyclable
things since 2005
• 70 people have work
• Support of more than 500 poor families
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May 2013

25. Gamayit Misbah El Mudii
SDC
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May 2013

26. Gamayit Misbah El Mudii
SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 500 POOR FAMILIES
Basic Needs
Education
Medical Support
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May 2013

27. Gamayit Misbah El Mudii
EDUCATION ON RECYCLING
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May 2013

28. Gamayit Misbah El Mudii
NEW BUILDING
Station for Children with Cancer
Orphanage
ARC:
ART OF RECYCLING CENTER
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May 2013

29. Glass-Upcycling
!
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May 2013

30. Collection bins
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May 2013

31. Your WIN WIN contribution
• You bring work and income to unprivileged
people
• You save natural resources, energy and
water
• You help reducing the pollution in EGYPT
Dr. Catherine El Taweel - Kost
May 2013