Comments on: Black Cloud Season in Cairo https://www.greenprophet.com/2010/11/black-cloud-cairo/ Sustainable news for the Middle East Sun, 13 Feb 2022 04:37:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tafline Laylin https://www.greenprophet.com/2010/11/black-cloud-cairo/#comment-10054 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:49:13 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=33403#comment-10054 Burning the straw is actually illegal and supposed to come with a big fine, but there’s no enforcement; the reason there’s no enforcement is that farmers have no other option (they often burn their straw at night, believing they won’t get in trouble).

The government doesn’t provide any kind of waste management solutions – particularly out in the villages. A couple of NGOs had some success with one or two villages, but overall, the situation won’t improve until the government steps in. They should contract the same company that turned Alexandria’s trash situation around (Veolia, I think) – to find a reasonable solution.

]]> By: Karin Kloosterman https://www.greenprophet.com/2010/11/black-cloud-cairo/#comment-10052 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:46:59 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=33403#comment-10052 Sounds like a new environment project – award a label to farmers who don’t burn the rice straw.

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