Residents exasperated by leaders’ rubbish solutions
Mount Lebanon residents blocked access to some of the region’s quarries Wednesday evening after news emerged that a ministerial committee was looking at dumping the waste on top of one of the...
Ministerial trash committee concludes fourth fruitless meeting
Environment Minister Mohammad Machnouk said Wednesday that the ministerial waste committee ended its fourth meeting since Monday without having reached any solution to the country’s protracted...
Government trash plan faces obstacles
Obstacles emerged Tuesday to a government bid to end the garbage crisis plaguing Beirut and Mount Lebanon, as local officials and residents voiced major opposition to a number of proposed dumping...
Beirutis complain but do nothing about stench
Residents of the capital from Ashrafieh to Tayyouneh expressed a range of emotions, from anger to hopelessness, as Beirut’s garbage crisis dragged on for yet another day. But all seemed to agree...
‘You Reek’ protests putrid trash, corrupt politicians
Hundreds of social activists, environmentalists and frustrated citizens joined together under the banner of a protest movement called “You Reek” Tuesday, blocking roads and demanding a sustainable...
Zeaiter: trash near Beirut airport threat to air travel
Public Works Minister Ghazi Zeaiter has warned that the dumping of trash near Beirut’s airport poses a threat to air travel safety. “I have informed the ministries of interior, defense and...
Those behind illegal dumping unlikely to face prosecution
Television cameras caught a truck dumping garbage down the side of a valley near the Metn village of Baabdat Monday morning in no appreciably orderly way. It made for a distressing sight to see...
Day marked by garbage furor as protesters reject Plan A
The capital region’s maddening trash crisis nearly dissolved into chaos Monday as demonstrators forced officials to abandon an earlier solution and garbage collection was again suspended in the...
