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The situation of waste management in almost all countries of MENA regions is characterized by insufficient jurisdiction, lack of control, and technical and financial resources. Waste management is limited to collection and transport. The toxic waste from industries and hospitals is mixed with household waste collected, transported, and deposited. In order to help the decision-makers and stakeholders solve these problems and reduce environmental impacts, the book (Waste Management in MENA Regions) is introduced to provide an assessment and presents some suggestions to improve the legal, technical, financial, and organizational measures in the MENA regions countries. Almost all MENA regions countries have a similar legislature framework, and many countries faced similar challenges within the waste management sector. However, countries in this book have high needs to manage their waste in more sustainable way. The chapters in the books are country-based arranged from West to East. It starts by Chap. 2 from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Yemen and then the summary of a few chapters related to all or some of the MENA countries. Consequently, this chapter is an introduction to this book. It provides an overview of the waste profile of the MENA countries. Also, the chapter presents a summary for each chapter following the same order of the chapters in the contents of the book.
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Negm, A.M., Shareef, N. (2020). Introduction to the “Waste Management in MENA Regions”. In: Negm, A., Shareef, N. (eds) Waste Management in MENA Regions. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18350-9_1
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