Uprkos neuhranjenosti dece, Egipat se nalazi među zemljama koje najviše bacaju hranu - godišnje svakia osoba u proseku baca 73 kilograma zdrave hrane. To se najčešće događa za vreme muslimanskog svetog meseca Ramadana. Dok mnogi u Egiptu nastavljaju sa tom navikom, drugi nastoje da pronađu bolji način da hrana ne završi na otpadu.
Uprkos neuhranjenosti velikog broja dece, Egipćani imaju običaj da bacaju hranu
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Musa Nazmy, a Garbage City resident, empties an expired can of beans that will be used in a biogas system that has been installed in his neighborhood. Biogas production is one way some people are starting to make use of food that would otherwise be wasted.
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Nazmy learns how to use food waste to run a biogas system under a program funded by the U.S. government. The U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, partnered with the Egyptian government four years ago to train and educate residents. “The system produces bio-gas enough for almost 2 hours,” which Nazmy says means substantial savings in power costs.