Since November 2021, El Gouna has planted 2000 mangrove trees in the city. It has seven sewage treatment plants, each producing up to 3,000 cubic meters of irrigation water. Its recycling plant achieves a 96% efficiency in handling various waste types, including solid waste, and recycles plastic to create new plastic bags. In 2023, El Gouna’s total energy consumption was 161.7 million kilowatts hours, 9% of which was powered by solar energy. In 2022, El Gouna also introduced the BRITA water filtration system across its hotels to reduce the use of single-use plastics, which saves 115,000 plastic bottles per year.