Investigating Solid Waste Supply Chain: A Proposed Framework forAchieving the Environmental Sustainability Case study Alexandria,Egypt

Mai Hisham Haroun Montasser and Islam El-Nakeeb
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Mai Hisham Haroun Montasser: Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt
Islam El-Nakeeb: International Institute for Transport and Logistics, Arab Academy for Science,Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt

International Journal of Business and Economic Affairs (IJBEA), 2017, vol. 2, issue 3, 165-172

Abstract: Solid Waste Management (SWM) is becoming the most important public health and environmental concernin municipal areas of many developing countries. The condition in Africa, particularly in the wealthiest cities is critical.With an increasing population, enlargement, and development the solid waste management has become the main threatto all responsible systems and consultants in unindustrialized and developing countries all over the world. There is adeep need for the garbage or wastes to be collected at the right time from the right places in clustered manners thiswill improve the quality of waste collected which will be re ected in the end recyclable product quality. The researchaims to propose a frame work for Solid Waste Supply Chain (SWSC) new design with illustrating some best practices toovercome the challenges of applying the new supply chain design. This aim will be conducted through Nahdet Misr forModern Environmental Services case study. Nahdet Misr is the responsible company for waste collection and treatment inAlexandria governance. This new framework design can be adopted with Alexandria governance in Egypt. Appling thisframework allows the new environmental services companies concerning with waste collection practices and environmentalsustainability issues to manage the performance of its current situation of their supply chain in order to meet overallimprovement of the waste collection process. The research follows an exploratory methodology that aims at discoveringthe current status of the Alexandria Governances solid waste supply chain. An exploratory methodology was followed dueto the remarkable lack of information on the Alexandria solid waste supply chain. The inductive approach was applied inthe a case study through the comprehensive analysis of qualitative data related to the topic that has been published invarious sources in addition to a number of semi- structured interviews that were conducted with some ocials in the SolidWaste Authority, Ministry of Environment and managers from a company specialized in environmental services calledNahdet Misr and has become the responsible company for waste collection and treatment in Alexandria governance.

Keywords: Solid waste supply chain; Municipal waste management; Alexandria governorate; Environmental sus-tainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.24088/IJBEA-2017-23001

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