Final Products

Collection of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) from households and commercial facilities, selling sorted MSW to waste management companies

Required Inputs

Waste from households, offices, universities, and schools (MSW mainly)

Competing Products

Collectors and informal sector

Complexity – Type of Process

Manual labor and mechanical processes

Technology

Manual technology mainly: mapping, communication, collection, and preprocessing (possible)

Equipment and Material

Trucks, sorting conveyor

Human Resources

Labor and drivers

Competitive Advantage

Controlling the beginning of the value chain, therefore, controls the price

Barriers to Entry

Informal waste collectors, households, municipalities

Key Stakeholders

Informal waste collectors, Households, municipalities

Special Regulations

License from EEAA, the license from the municipality, and the license for cars from Ministry of Interior

Risks and Mitigation Measures

Competition with informal sector valuable recyclables and collection fees

Mitigation measures are:

Designing financial and business models to make a profit without being based on valuable recyclables

Working in governorates and neighborhoods where there is a gap in collection service providing

Revenue Stream

Sale of waste to different entities down the value chain (incl. startups)

CAPEX

The inputs and technology would cost an average of 7.7M EGP

Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can grow in implementation to a larger-sized investment.

Investment Size

Medium (between 5-50M EGP)

Location of Supply

All over Egypt

Preferred operation regions

All over Egypt