Beeah, Green Planet snag 10-year contract to revamp Sharm’s waste management: The UAE’s Beeah Group and Egypt’s Green Planet will be upgrading Sharm El Sheikh’s waste management infrastructure over the coming 10 years to ultimately turn it “into a sustainable, smart city of the future,” WAM reported yesterday. The statement did not disclose the size of the contracts awarded.

Eliminating landfills at COP City: Beeah and Green Planet will collect and recycle cooking oil, at first, but will expand to recycle all solid waste in a bid to eliminate the use of landfills. RFID-tagged bins and a GPS-enabled garbage collection fleet are also part of the plan. The coastal city will also benefit from an awareness campaign to educate people about the environment.

This is not Beeah’s first rodeo in Egypt: The company already launched operations in the New Administrative Capital in 2020, according to a 2021 statement. The mega project, for which Beeah will introduce 30k waste collection points, will cater to 2 mn residents in its first phase.