REPORT: PSP leader MP Jumblatt blames “condition-setters” for waste crisis

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REPORT: PSP leader MP Jumblatt blames “condition-setters” for waste crisis
Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt said residents of Higher Metn, Aley and Chouf need to know where to dispose of their waste, noting that “those who set conditions” - not Minister of Environment Mohammad al-Mashnouq - are to blame for the trash crisis.        
 
In a speech he delivered from al-Chahhar region, MP Jumblatt said "any company that meets the required conditions in the waste tender needs 16 months to start removing rubbish from the streets."         
 
Lebanon has been grappling with a waste crisis following the July 17 closure of the Naameh landfill. The cabinet pledged last year that the said landfill would be shut down and an alternative site would be found, however failed to live up to its promises.        
 
The piles of garbage rotting in the summer heat triggered 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.
 
 
For more details, watch Rima Assaf's report in the video above

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