{"id":24050,"date":"2016-03-21T01:56:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T01:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rubbish-pickup-resumes-in-lebanon-in-bid-to-end\/"},"modified":"2016-03-21T01:56:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T01:56:01","slug":"rubbish-pickup-resumes-in-lebanon-in-bid-to-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rubbish-pickup-resumes-in-lebanon-in-bid-to-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubbish pickup resumes in Lebanon in bid to end crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Dozens of trucks begin carrying rubbish swamping Beirut to landfills as temporary solution to eight-month crisis.}<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese government has launched a bid to dispose of the mountains of rubbish swamping the suburbs of the capital Beirut, in what residents hope will lead to the end of the country&#8217;s eight-month garbage crisis.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, dozens of trucks started carrying rubbish to the Naameh landfill just south of the city &#8211; one of three landfills opened as part of a temporary solution announced by the government a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>The government said that Naameh, the country&#8217;s main landfill, will open again for just two months. The crisis began in July, when the landfill was scheduled to close with no realistic alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of the Naameh area said the dump was over capacity and began blocking the roads to prevent rubbish trucks from reaching it.<\/p>\n<p>Despite anger by residents, there were no protests against the reopening of the landfill on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In the north Beirut suburb of Jdeideh, home to one of the largest rubbish piles, a bulldozer loaded thousands of rubbish bags into trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Fadwa Saad had to wear a mask to avoid the smell of the rubbish that could be seen from her balcony.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are coughing, we have allergies and there are mosquitoes and flies in our homes,&#8221; she told the AP news agency. &#8220;They say they are removing trash. We hope that they really remove it, not only do it for one day and leave the rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As rubbish began piling up in Beirut last year, protesters formed the &#8220;You Stink&#8221; movement, demanding sweeping reform in Lebanon&#8217;s government &#8211; blamed for the mismanagement and neglect that led to the rubbish buildup and failure to act against it.<\/p>\n<p>Since the peaks of the protest in the summer, authorities managed to blunt the public anger by ensuring that the streets of Beirut were kept relatively rubbish-free. However, the rubbish was instead pushed to the city&#8217;s periphery, where it piled up along roadsides and the banks of the Beirut River.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-11066 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ba541b6cd9d749c6972977fb8bdaa879_18-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rivers of rubbish have polluted Beirut since last summer\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Dozens of trucks begin carrying rubbish swamping Beirut to landfills as temporary solution to eight-month crisis.} The Lebanese government has launched a bid to dispose of the mountains of rubbish swamping the suburbs of the capital Beirut, in what residents hope will lead to the end of the country&#8217;s eight-month garbage crisis. 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