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

Abstract

Solid Waste Management (SWM) is becoming the most important public health and environmental concern
in 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 threat
to all responsible systems and consultants in unindustrialized and developing countries all over the world. There is a
deep need for the garbage or wastes to be collected at the right time from the right places in clustered manners this
will improve the quality of waste collected which will be reflected in the end recyclable product quality. The research
aims to propose a frame work for Solid Waste Supply Chain (SWSC) new design with illustrating some best practices to
overcome the challenges of applying the new supply chain design. This aim will be conducted through Nahdet Misr for
Modern Environmental Services case study. Nahdet Misr is the responsible company for waste collection and treatment in
Alexandria governance. This new framework design can be adopted with Alexandria governance in Egypt. Appling this
framework allows the new environmental services companies concerning with waste collection practices and environmental
sustainability issues to manage the performance of its current situation of their supply chain in order to meet overall
improvement of the waste collection process. The research follows an exploratory methodology that aims at discovering
the current status of the Alexandria Governances solid waste supply chain. An exploratory methodology was followed due
to the remarkable lack of information on the Alexandria solid waste supply chain. The inductive approach was applied in
the a case study through the comprehensive analysis of qualitative data related to the topic that has been published in
various sources in addition to a number of semi- structured interviews that were conducted with some officials in the Solid
Waste Authority, Ministry of Environment and managers from a company specialized in environmental services called
Nahdet Misr and has become the responsible company for waste collection and treatment in Alexandria governance.