STRATEGY OF DEALING WITH SOLID WASTES IN EGYPTIAN TOWNS

Abstract

With the stress of increasing population and development and man’s continuous seek for more welfare, the environment has become exposed to real dangers. Man has polluted the environment with his wastes, which led to imbalance between the elements of the environment. It has become unable to absorb this enormous amount of wastes. The matter of collecting and processing solid wastes has become a social, environmental, and economical problem that is becoming more complex with the development of the civilization. Many countries, including Egypt suffer from the problem of dealing with solid wastes because of absence of the necessary technology that suite the local environment and a scientific strategy that can overcome this problem. However, this paper has aimed to find a strategy to deal with solid matters and can be applied in the Egyptian towns. The paper deals with the concept of the environment and its elements, pollution and dangers of pollution. It also deals with what is meant by solid wastes, classifying these wastes, effects resulting from mess dealing with solid wastes whether they are environmental, hygienical or economical. This paper deals with the problem of solid wastes in Egypt, its amount and the environmental ability to absorb these wastes. It also deals generally with the techniques of dealing with solid wastes and suggesting a strategy to process them that can be applied in the Egyptian towns. The paper ended with a number of important results and recommendations to deal with solid wastes.