Author: Green Tech Egypt

PM visit to HEPCA’s Solid Waste Management Plant

Honoured to welcome Dr Mostafa Madbouly – Prime Minister in his tour for the first Solid Waste Management Plant built in Hurghada, accompanied by Khaled El-Anany, the minister of tourism and antiquities, Hisham Tawfiq, the minister of public enterprise, the Governor of the Red Sea Amr Hanafi, and key officials.

Managing Director of HEPCA – Hesham Mostafa Kamel gave a brief about the operating cycle of the plant, then went on a tour to inspect the plant that is built on 22,500 square meters with the cost of 60 Million, a daily production capacity of up to 400 tons, operated by 500 employees, and built with state-of-the-art technologies brought in from Germany and the Netherlands to dispose of garbage after recycling solid waste.

Madbouly praised the role of HEPCA in protecting the Red Sea with this plant that will be owned by the Red Sea governorate afterwards, highlighting the vital role played by NGOs to serve society, and at the same time, optimise the use of waste and preserve the environment.

On 25 January 2019, Governor of Red Sea General Ahmed Abdullah and Dr Ezz EL-Din Abu Steit, Minister of Agriculture, opened the Hurghada Recycling factory. General Abdullah mentioned that the new recycling factory is the first in Egypt to use new recycling technology compatible with European standards. All machines are imported from the Netherlands and Germany using the latest European recycling technology. The plant will be managed by HEPCA, The Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association. Green Tech Egypt designed, built, and delivered the factory. General Abdullah added that the new factory is a significant move forward in the environmental sector and Hurghada because it can process 400 tons of MSW and provide jobs for 62 people.

GREEN TECH EGYPT TEAM START INSTALLATION OF ALL MACHINES IN THE NEW RECYCLING FACILITY IN HURGHADA

In October 2018, after machines were delivered to Hurghada, the Green Tech Egypt team, which consisted of Dutch and Egyptian Engineers, started installing all machines in the new recycling facility in Hurghada.

• • Ideal for any functional areas:
    1. storage bays
    2. partition walls
    3. security blocks
    4. retaining walls
    5. flood
    6. fences
    7. recycling bays
    8. much more….
  • Require no groundwork or fixing
  • It can be lifted into place using basic equipment
  • Suitable for permanent or temporary installation
  • Can easily be moved when needs change- Require little or no maintenance
  • No additional security required- Larger stability

After the first phase of building the concrete walls, the formwork for the floor is finished. The concrete platform floor is enforced with 110KG/M3 steel. The 32 sorting holes are apparent in the photo. Next week the concrete floor will be finished. Please check the following news item.

After the design and quotation phase, the building of the concrete platform is started. The corners of the walls are reinforced with steel crash protection parts.