REPORT: Activists block Beirut roads as rotting trash overwhelms Lebanon

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25-07-2015 | 10:48
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REPORT: Activists block Beirut roads as rotting trash overwhelms Lebanon
Activists blocked on Saturday downtown Beirut's Banks Street to protest against the Lebanese authorities’ failure to resolve the pressing waste issue.     
 
Meanwhile, the Beirut municipality’s Public Health Department unveiled, in a statement, its attempts to roll back negative health risks that can be caused by tons of trash piled up on roads, pending solutions to the problem.        
 
The piles of garbage rotting in the summer heat are triggering nationwide outrage and serious health warnings. To get rid of waste, frustrated residents set fire to dumpsters and trash containers, further polluting the hot and humid air.        
 
The mess is a stark reminder of the cabinet crisis afflicting Lebanon, where politicians divided by local and regional crises have even failed to agree on where to dump the capital city's rubbish.          
 
The government voted Thursday to postpone the decision until next Tuesday. 
 
 
 
 
To watch Foutoun Raad's report, please click on the VIDEO above
 

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