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Lebanon rubbish crisis: Cabinet agrees to resume waste disposal
Source: BBC
Lebanon rubbish crisis: Cabinet agrees to resume waste disposal
9 September 2015 Middle East
The Lebanese government has agreed to resume waste disposal after weeks of protests over piles of rubbish left in the streets of the capital Beirut.
Ministers decided in an emergency meeting to give local municipalities the authority to treat local waste.
Protests triggered by rotting rubbish in Beirut quickly grew into a wider attack on the perceived corruption and incompetence of politicians.
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The rubbish crisis began after the country's largest landfill in Naameh, south of Beirut, shut down in July with no ready alternative. The government has been unable to agree on another site until now.
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9 September 2015 Middle East
The Lebanese government has agreed to resume waste disposal after weeks of protests over piles of rubbish left in the streets of the capital Beirut.
Ministers decided in an emergency meeting to give local municipalities the authority to treat local waste.
Protests triggered by rotting rubbish in Beirut quickly grew into a wider attack on the perceived corruption and incompetence of politicians.
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The rubbish crisis began after the country's largest landfill in Naameh, south of Beirut, shut down in July with no ready alternative. The government has been unable to agree on another site until now.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34203165