Final Products

Alternative fuel in the form of RDF

Required Inputs

Fluff sorted energy-rich fraction (ERF) of Municipal solid waste

Competing Products

Fossil fuel and Biomass

Complexity – Type of Process

Material Handling – Mechanical processing

Technology

ERF sorting + dehumidification + compacting

Equipment and Material

Screen, baler

Human Resources

Labor, machines operators, drivers

Competitive Advantage

Low-cost fuel for energy-intensive industries that meet environmental standards set by the government and lower total expenditures on increasingly expensive conventional energy due to subsidy removal

Barriers to Entry

Securing a continuous level of supply to satisfy the high demand of factories

Key Stakeholders

Local waste collectors, factories providing waste as RDF, factories as product consumers, local waste traders

Special Regulations

NA

Risks and Mitigation Measures

Complicated or absent regulations for landfill concession, local traders affect the supply levels of MSW, and maintain the calorific value of the RDF, so it’s important to have a diverse supply of MSW to ensure consistency in both quantity and quality of end product. Scattered sources of supply complicate logistics and increase overall costs of transportation, therefore optimizing the location of the processing facility is key.

CAPEX

The inputs and technology would cost an average of 2.4M EGP

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

Investment Size

Small (between 500k-5M EGP)

Location of Supply

Supply is mostly in the Delta region and Greater Cairo Area, Suez, Qena, Assiut, and Menya

Preferred operation regions

Greater Cairo Area, Suez, Menya, Assiut, and Qena