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Solid waste management in the context of a circular economy in the MENA region

Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.4085
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2022-01-03
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Hemidat, Safwat  
Achouri, Ouafa  
El Fels, Loubna  
Elagroudy, Sherien  
Hafidi, Mohamed  
Chaouki, Benabbas  
Ahmed, Mostafa  
Hodgkinson, Isla  
Guo, Jinyang  
Institut
Umwelttechnik und Energiewirtschaft V-9  
TORE-DOI
10.15480/882.4085
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/11458
Journal
Sustainability  
Volume
14
Issue
1
Article Number
480
Citation
Sustainability 14 (1): 480 (2022)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/su14010480
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85122145908
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Solid waste management in most MENA countries is characterized by lack of planning, improper disposal, inadequate collection services, inappropriate technologies that suit the local conditions and technical requirements, and insufficient funding. Therefore, waste management is mainly limited to collection, transportation, and disposal. As the circular economy has recently been given high priority on the MENA region’s political agenda, all MENA member states are seeking to move away from old-fashioned waste disposal, “waste management”, towards a more intelligent waste treatment, “resource efficiency”. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of national systems for municipal solid waste (MSW) management, and material and energy recovery as an important aspect thereof, in the context of the circular economy in selected countries in the MENA region. Since policy, regulation, and treatment technologies are traditionally connected to MSW management, the focus of this article is twofold. Firstly, it aims to identify the different practices of solid waste management employed in selected MENA region countries and their approaches to embracing the circular economy and, secondly, it examines the extent to which policies and technologies applied play any role in this context. The study revealed that most waste management issues in the countries analyzed appear to be due to political factors and the decentralized nature of waste management with multi-level management and responsibilities. In fact, material and energy recovery in the context of municipal solid waste management does not differ significantly in the countries in the MENA region considered. In most cases, “waste” is still seen as “trouble” rather than a resource. Therefore, a fresh vision on how the solid waste management system can be transformed into a circular economy is required; there is a need for paradigm shift from a linear economy model to a circular-economy model.
Subjects
solid waste management (SWM)
legal framework
financial framework
treatment technologies and disposal
MENA region
DDC Class
500: Naturwissenschaften
600: Technik
Funding(s)
University network group for waste management and cicular economy  
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Acknowledgments: This research was carried out within the framework of the German–MENA university network for waste management and circular economy project, which is funded by the PREVENTWaste Alliance, an initiative of the German Federal Government.
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