USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE THE ACCUMULATION OF SOLID WASTE " APPLIED STUDY ON CAIRO GOVERNORATE "

Document Type : Review Article

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1 Post graduate student at Institute of Environmental Studies & Reesearch, Ain Shams University

2 Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University

3 Faculty of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

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The problem of solid waste accumulation is one of the biggest and most prominent environmental problems facing Egypt in general, and Cairo Governorate in particular.  As at least (18000) thousand tons of solid waste are extracted daily from within the Cairo governorate alone, which leads to its accumulation and increase the rates and rates of environmental pollution within the neighborhoods and cities of Cairo. Therefore, the study aimed to use modern technology to reduce the accumulation of solid waste, as well as detection  On the environmental, economic and social impacts resulting from the use of modern technology to reduce the accumulation of solid waste, and in order to achieve the research objectives, a questionnaire form was designed that was distributed to all 38 single district chiefs in Cairo Governorate, in addition to a sample of officials of the General Authority for Cleanliness and Beautification of Cairo, which reached  Their number is (20) singles, and the researchers used the descriptive and analytical method to complete the study, and the appropriate statistical tests to test the validity of the hypotheses and answer the study’s questions.  From the accumulation of solid waste as one of the dimensions of the effective management of the waste system in the Cairo governorate, as well as the existence of an influence and significant relationship  Statistical significance at a significant level (0.05) between the use of modern technology and the achievement of environmental, economic and social benefits as one of the developmental dimensions of the effectiveness of waste system management, and in light of the findings of the study, the study concluded with several results, the most important of which is the adoption of the use of modern technology in reducing the accumulation of solid waste and making use of it  With the necessity of establishing an integrated system for managing solid waste and making use of it away from the overlapping administrative specializations that led to the aggravation of the solid waste problem inside Egypt.
 

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Journal of Environmental Science
Volume 50, Issue 6 - Serial Number 6
P.7: Economics Sciences
June 2021
Pages 429-468

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