Green Supply chain, Green Packaging, Eco-labels, and Eco-design strategies are concepts that are discussed frequently within scientific and political debates. Eco-design strategies for Lifecycle Design include the Eco-design Strategy wheel which presents eight Eco-design strategies: New concept development, Selection of low-impact materials, Reduction of materials usage, Optimization of production techniques, Optimization of distribution system, Reduction of impact during use, Optimization of initial lifetime, and Optimization of end-of-life system. This research investigates specifically the selection of low impact raw materials phase using the European Union as a benchmark to improve the Egyptian situation and aims to apply the closed loop cycle to the Egyptian Plastics Industry. Its goal is to enlight the way towards Sustainable and Circular economy system in Plastics manufacturing sector in Egypt while emphasizing the financial benefits from the Business and Marketing perspectives rather than the Environmental perspective only.

This research aims to identify barriers to sustainable supply chain management implementations in the Egyptian fashion industry.Design/Methodology/Approach: A systematic literature review over a period of 17 years was conducted to identify the barriers to the implementation of a sustainable supply chain in Egypt, which included 29 publications published in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. Findings:The economic, social, and environmental barriers to sustainable supply chain management were highlighted and summarized from previous studies indicating whether these barriers are inside or outside each organization. However, it was discovered that most of the production is carried out by the developing countries where limited research on sustainable supply chain barriers and consequently in the fashion industry in particular. This gap is considered the main research findings, where authors worked on highlighting and classifying sustainable supply chain barriers in the fashion industry in developing countries.Research Implications/Limitations: Due to the limited studies on both topics, barriers to sustainable fashion supply chain and sustainability barriers in Egypt as a developing country, this study is a systematic review of the literature; nevertheless, an empirical study may be undertaken in the future. The systematic review covers the years 2005 to 2022, and identifies the barriers to implementing sustainable supply chain management in the Egyptian fashion industry. Practical Implications/Limitations:This study provides academics with a consistent representation of sustainability barriers in the Egyptian fashion sector to motivate additional academic research and assistance for managers to create company sustainability competency by highlighting economic, social, and environmental challenges to implementing sustainable supply chain.Originality: This research classifies the sustainable supply chain barriers into internal and external barriers and moreover as economic, social, and environmental at the same time. It is one of the few studies that explore

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