Lebanon’s garbage crisis back to square one after Berri rejected the export plan

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stinking garbage , beirutLebanon Speaker Nabih Berri  sent the garbage crisis back to square one after rejecting  a plan to export  Lebanon’s waste and  stressed on Thursday that the garbage should be dumped in the coastal area of Costa Brava in Khalde and Srar in Akkar, al-Joumhouria daily reported.

Berri said that the trash generated from the southern suburbs of Beirut should be taken to the Costa Brava landfill and that of Beirut to Srar, the daily added.

He suggested that the hazardous dumpster of Costa Brava should be converted into an environment friendly facility and the capacity of Srar should be expanded to receive additional quantities.

Furthermore the piles of trash sent to Sidon landfill should be increased to receive trash from Mount Lebanon and Beirut in addition to activating the Karantina waste treatment facility.

Two firms were shortlisted   to export Lebanon’s trash, Britain’s Chinook Urban Mining International and Holland’s Howa BV , but Howa recently withdrew its offer

Lebanon is scrambling to find a solution to the garbage crisis after heavy rains swept mounds of uncollected waste into Beirut’s streets raising public health concerns.

Officials have for months failed to find an alternative to the dump, resulting in the accumulation of trash on the streets throughout the country.

The cabinet in December approved the export of the waste despite reservations of the Phalange and  and Change and Reform blocs.

The residents of Khalde rejected last year the creation of a landfill in the coastal area of Costa Brava, MP Talal Arslan announced on Nov 3, 2015

“After three days of discussions with [Shoueifat] notables, officials and [political] parties, we decided to reject outright the establishment of a landfill in Costa Brava,” Arslan told a news conference.

Hezbollah and Berri’s Amal Movement  are  reportedly to blame for torpedoing Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb’s original plan because they  failed to propose locations for setting up landfills in the Bekaa and south of Lebanon.

 

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11 responses to “Lebanon’s garbage crisis back to square one after Berri rejected the export plan”

  1. If this was not true, I would think that the Onion is the official news site of Lebanon.

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      LOL

  2. Reasonableman Avatar
    Reasonableman

    Arms smuggling through rubbish trucks. Good idea berri NOT

  3. Hannibal Avatar

    Berri: “We refuse the politics of “tahjiir el nifaayaat” (Garbage Displacement) for it is not patriotic. 😉

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      Yes Hannibal .. Can’t let a Natural Resource get out of the Country easily, for sure. The Place might begin to be like Canada, simply working as hewers of wood and drawers of water for Big Business – and in this case, ‘Creators’ of the best garbage. (In competition on that with neighbours, of course. ;-)))

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar

    “the garbage should be dumped in the coastal area of ….” … Oh Yes indeed, Mt Sidon was such another wonderful place to have THAT pile now. Why not stick another beside an ocean?

  5. Fauzia45 Avatar

    It seems everything goes back to ^square one^ !!!!!

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      “No window of opportunity at the moment”
      (maybe next year)

  6. Rudy1947 Avatar

    While strolling through the park one day
    In the merry merry month of May
    I was taken by surprise
    By a pair of roguish eyes
    I was scared but I didn’t run away….

    Is that Mohammed???

  7. Berri the degenerate “Resister” taking “Resistance” to a new level. Evidently, inhaling the garbage aroma must induce the people to “resist” more actively. So maybe he’s not stupid, after all.

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