Global Environment Facility grants Egypt $8 million to localize electronic, medical waste recycling technology under the Sustainable Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (PoPs) Project.

The project, also funded by the World Bank Group's Pollution Management and Environmental Health Trust Fund (PMEH) with $750,000, helped the country get rid of 1,000 tons of each of toxic pesticides, and oils contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).