The strategy, according to a statement released by the ministry, includes four main pillars, which are: Efforts for safe disposal of medical waste, a system for dealing with solid waste, monitoring how the environmental system deals with pollution hotspots and environmental awareness.

Minister Yasmine Fouad was quoted as saying that the ministry has checked 1,537 medical facilities to follow up the medical waste management system and safe disposal, and also that the process is being followed by assigned committees in coordination with health directorates and university hospitals. Fouad emphasised continuous coordination with the ministers of health, population, and higher education and scientific research to implement the policy of correct sorting of waste inside hospitals to reduce the amount of waste produced and safely manage it.

She said a total of 68 employees at health ministry were trained on the safe disposal mechanism, also adding that the ministry is coordinating with the ministries of tourism, and sports and youth, to manage waste disposal at cities housing students and youth, and hotels allocated to be quarantine. Regarding solid waste, the ministry is said to have intensified works to control trash lots in Cairo and Giza, and removed a total of 224,881 tons of solid waste and disposed of safely.