Treatment of municipal organic solid waste in Egypt

The objective of this review is to overview and formulate the problem of egyptian mosw which forms about 56% of total msw and to highlight the benefits of managing this waste in egypt adequately. in addition this review has been prepared in order to enable the policy makers in egypt such as ministry of state for environmental affairs (msea) to have a wider vision about treatment options of municipal organic solid waste (mosw) including agricultural solid waste that forms the greatest portion of municipal solid waste (msw) in egypt. with respect to the great efforts that have been done by government to solve environmental problems,in this paper there is a try to contribute in improving the management of mosw in egypt in a proper way. the previous investigations in the field of mosw were only descriptive without mentioning to crucial outlines for solving the problem integrally. this pilot study is not only descriptive but also indicative because it was based on the problem formulation of the egyptian mosw and in addition scopes on the currently applied biological treatment technologies and their benefits. the most important conclusion of this paper was that the proper management of egyptian mosw leads to the volume reduction,production of a feasible amount of compost which can substitute the shortage of compost demands,and biogas production which is a great addition to the energy networks.