A scientific thesis at the University of Bahrain emphasized the importance of optimal use of waste and household waste in reducing its harmful environmental effects, and suggested the establishment of advanced waste management plants, and encouragement of waste separation practices and benefit from them. The student in the Master of Engineering Management program at the university, Jawaher Al-Deghaither, presented the thesis entitled: “Municipal solid waste management and energy generation from it – a case study in the eastern region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” completing the requirements for obtaining a master’s degree in engineering management at the College of Engineering. The study deals with waste and solid waste management carried out by the municipality in the eastern region, ways to develop a waste-to-energy plant, and the impact of the type of municipal solid waste in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the selection of technologies. The study reviews compliance with the World Energy Council standards for waste-to-energy conversions, through thermal chemical conversion, biochemical conversion, and chemical conversion, which are sustainable technologies supported by the waste management sector worldwide. The researcher conducted a feasibility study to analyze the economic, social and environmental dimensions of the issue of waste management. The market analysis showed that 50.60% of the generated waste is food waste, and 17.40% is plastic waste. Al-Deghaither stressed the importance of encouraging solid waste separation technology, as the main challenge in establishing a waste-to-energy plant, where most components of municipal solid waste are disposed of and collected as a whole, without prior sorting. The researcher suggested the establishment of a new and improved waste treatment plant in the northern Al-Rakah region, for waste recycling and utilization, noting the positive impact of the activity of these factories in preserving the environment and sustaining resources, as the proposed plant contributes to the production of clean energy, reducing carbon emissions, and consuming land that is used for burial. waste, preventing serious environmental pollution (caused by open landfills). An examination committee discussed the student Jawaher Al-Deghaither in her thesis, and it consisted of: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Muhammad Shams, as an internal examiner, and a member of the faculty at King Abdulaziz University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Rihan, as an external examiner, while the thesis was supervised by: Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bahrain Ahmed Abdullah, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the same university, Osama Al-Jamal.
