Agricultural waste in the center of Zagazig constitutes an environmental problem in itself because it leads to environmental pollution, if it is not recycled and utilized instead of being thrown away randomly, as is happening here now, where waste is thrown on the sides and edges of main and secondary roads, as well as on agricultural lands, and the leftovers or plant remains represent a great and great wealth. If a person in the Egyptian countryside exploited it optimally, but due to the lack of awareness among most individuals or the lack of knowledge of the means through which these wastes or plant remains can be transformed into useful things, small industries are made on these remains, such as growing and producing green fodder on these plant remains, as well as the production of mushrooms and other small industries on these plant remains, which occur in the summer and during the fall season in large quantities such as cotton firewood - straw. Rice - corn stover are the main crops grown by the farmer. However, in the winter season, these residues are exploited in agricultural activities such as wheat and barley straw. The farmer uses them to feed animals as rough or dry feed, while adding some grains or concentrated feed to these residues, so they do not become a problem for him, just as the farmer exploits them in bedding on poultry farms, and thus they turn into fertilizers that vegetable, fruit, and land farmers flock to. This is in addition to the arbors and remains of vegetable plants such as tomatoes, cowpeas and peas. Etc. Which humans dispose of by drying or feeding them directly to animals. Agricultural waste is defined as everything produced on the sidelines of agricultural production, harvesting, packaging and marketing.

The project works to make integrated use of agricultural waste (in three adjacent local units within the geographical borders of the center of Zagazig), namely (Bani Amer / Al-Shoubak Basta / Al-Aslouji) by recycling them and making use of them by converting them into organic fertilizer for use. In raising the percentage of organic matter in the land and increasing the biological activity of the soil because it is a source of food in some of its elements, it increases microbial activity and thus increases soil fertility and reduces the use of chemical fertilizers. Therefore, it has a significant environmental impact and also an economic impact, represented in reducing the cost used in producing the crop and reducing pollution, because mineral fertilizers, no matter how high their degree of purity, contain heavy toxic elements that lead to environmental pollution. They also address various environmental problems such as desertification problems. Increasing the organic matter increases the granularity of the soil and thus makes it cohesive and resistant to various erosion factors. Also, increasing the percentage of organic matter in the ground provides Huge amounts of irrigation water by improving the water properties of the soil, increasing the efficiency of the plant’s consumption of water, and reducing the amount of water used to produce the crop. Hence, the use of agricultural waste as organic fertilizer and recycling this waste has environmental and economic benefits and also addresses issues related to national security “Water

The project is related to recycling agricultural waste and converting it into organic fertilizer, with the goals of the Global Environment Facility, the Small Grants Programme. The project represents a model among the projects concerned with the persistent organic pollutants program and reducing environmental pollution rates and falls within the main areas of the program (climate change, biodiversity, persistent organic pollutants, and land degradation) and is being implemented in the Zagazig Center, Sharqia Governorate, one of the governorates that were chosen to implement the projects. The project is consistent with the national strategy and regional (local) strategies of Sharkia Governorate