Environmental issues Beirut

lebanon, beirut , suburbs, suffered massive garbage crisis, july 2015 march 2016. issue began when authorities shut down main landfill site beirut s garbage southeast of city , failed provide alternative solutions months. result, garbage mounted in streets in greater beirut , caused protests erupt, invoked police action. problem commonly blamed on country’s political situation. garbage crisis birthed movement called stink directed @ country s politicians.

in march 2016, government came so-called temporary solution establish 2 new landfills east , south of city store garbage, while several municipalities across country, in unprecedented move, began recycling , managing waste more efficiently, building waste-management facilities , relying on rather central government.