E H El-Mosalamy

Solid Waste Pollution and Health E H El-Mosalamy

With the ever increasing population of urban areas including class I and class II cities and due to continuous migration of rural people in search of their livelihood, the load on cities is increasing sharply current references indicate that the solid wastes containing domestic, municipal, industries wastes, even including animal and plastics, which is estimated to be thousands of tones in every city, every week. Due to lack of management and infrastructure the collection of garbage on roads and streets and even in markets is increasing pollution and health problems with an alarming rate.