*Edited by Hosam El-Din Mostafa Saleh*

Rapid population growth, high standards of living, and technological development are constantly increasing the diversity and quantity of solid waste.Te production of solid municipal waste associated with the high proportion of organic waste and its improper disposal lead to considerable environmental pollution due to the emission of greenhouse gases such as methane, carbon dioxide, etc. In such a challenging environment, municipal authorities need to develop more efective solutions to manage the growing urban solid waste.Most of the municipal solid waste mainly constitutes degradable materials, which represent a signifcant role in greenhouse gas emissions in urban localities. Integrated solid waste management approaches must be developed and improved to manage the increasing organic fractions of municipal solid waste, which helps to reduce greenhouse emissions with potential economic benefts. A sustainable management of municipal solid waste systems constitutes a promising and atractive trend to study current consumption behaviors responsible for waste generation, and to protect the global ecosystem.Tis book presents the management of municipal of solid waste, including recycling and landfll technologies. Moreover, composition and types of waste will be investigated. As a result, the most appropriate and feasible scenarios for the management of municipal solid waste are presented to provide the respected readership with the scientifc background for sustainable development in these processes, which are increasingly supported by innovative methodologies for holistic assessment of process sustainability.

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