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Shouf residents block roads, protest garbage transfer to province

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BEIRUT GARBAGE 100Residents of the Chouf district  of Iqlim al-Kharroub south of Beirut blocked the highway early Sunday in protest against  a decision to transfer the garbage that has been accumulating over the last week, to their province,  National News Agency reported on Sunday.

The residents gathered on the coastal highway in the town of Jiyyeh at the junction of Barja to block the road.

Some youth have also blocked the road leading to the Siblin Cement Factory fearing that dump trucks might take the garbage to that destination, NNA added.

The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation later reported  that the residents erected tents in the middle of the Jiyyeh highway.

Beirut and the Mount Lebanon area were plunged in a waste disposal crisis following last week’s closure of the Naameh landfill without finding an alternative.

Garbage has been piling on the streets of the capital and Mount Lebanon after dumpsters overflowed with tons of trash.

Some people have resorted to burning the waste to tackle the problem amid the government’s ongoing failure to find a solution to the crisis.

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4 responses to “Shouf residents block roads, protest garbage transfer to province”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    EVEN THE WEST HAS ‘NIMBYS’. They are everywhere. (Not In My Back Yard types)
    No-one likes their own waste … but they are happy to dump it on others, of course. What there is supposed to be is politicians who can hire ‘experts’ to tell them what ‘sites’ meet all the modern criteria for dumping, and then force the ‘viable plan’ on a site. Of course, where everyone is used to just throwing their trash out of a car window, one can hardly expect any kind of ‘compliance’ with a ‘viable plan’ anyway.
    Increasing the population by half over the past 5 years sure hasn’t helped ANY of them.

    1. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
      Michaelinlondon1234

      Napalm…Mix a burnable fuel (Acetone, Petrol, Diesel) with a plastic that melts in it to make a light jelly. fill a glass bottle. Rag in the mouth of a bottle.
      Make a mountain of rubbish around the US embassy…..Think of it as a way of saying thank you for cutting your trade routes to the Arab world…

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    At least they are erecting tents instead of burning the waste tyres – for a change.
    Maybe someone could add the dog-doo from the ‘walking parks’ to the piles. 😉

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