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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 23, No. 2, 167-170 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X05053689

Nasreya: a treatment and disposal facility for industrial hazardous waste in Alexandria, Egypt: phase I

Adham R. Ramadan

Chemistry Department, American University in Cairo, Egypt, aramadan{at}aucegypt.edu

Per Kock

Plancenter Ltd, Opastinsilta 6, Helsinki, Finland

Amani Nadim

Waste Management Unit, Environics, 6 Dokki Street, Giza, Egypt

A facility for the treatment and disposal of industrial hazardous waste has been established in Alexandria, Egypt. Phase I of the facility encompassing a secure landfill and solar evaporation ponds is ready to receive waste, and Phase II encompassing physico-chemical treatment, solidification, and interim storage is underway. The facility, the Nasreya Centre, is the first of its kind in Egypt, and represents the nucleus for the integration, improvement and further expansion of different hazardous waste management practices and services in Alexandria. It has been developed within the overall legal framework of the Egyptian Law for the Environment, and is expected to improve prospects for enforcement of the regulatory requirements specified in this law. It has been developed with the overall aim of promoting the establishment of an integrated industrial hazardous waste management system in Alexandria, serving as a demonstration to be replicated elsewhere in Egypt. For Phase I, the Centre only accepts inorganic industrial wastes. In this respect, a waste acceptance policy has been developed, which is expected to be reviewed during Phase II, with an expansion of the waste types accepted.

Key Words: Hazardous waste • landfill • solar evaporation • Egypt • wmr 792-!8


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