Report: New Committee to Tackle Exporting Waste
A new committee has been formed on Thursday to tackle the controversial trash crisis and to study the proposals presented by some companies to export Lebanon's waste abroad, al-Mustaqbal daily reported on Friday.
Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb heads the committee which is comprised of three new members one representing the Environment Ministry another representing the Council for Development and Reconstruction in addition to a judge to study the legal aspects of the offers put forward, unnamed ministerial sources told the daily.
The committee kicked off its first meeting Thursday evening under the chairmanship of Shehayyeb, and started studying the offers put forward by specialized companies in order to make the right decision before presenting it to the cabinet, they added without elaborating.
Lebanon has been suffering from a trash disposal crisis since July with the closure of the Naameh landfill.
Politicians have failed to find an alternative to the landfill, resulting in the pile up of garbage on the streets of the country.
Heavy rains last week brought with it flooded streets coupled with waste, as experts warned of the health and environmental impact of the crisis.
Source: Naharnet
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