بيروت الكبرى ستغرق بالنفايات حتى إشعار آخر
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ستغرق محافظتا بيروت وجبل لبنان بالنفايات بعدما توقفت شركة "سوكلين" عن جمعها بسبب إقفال مطمر الناعمة من قبل مواطنين.
وقال الشركة في بيان السبت أن "الاعتصام امام مطمر الناعمة، وقطع الطريق امام شاحنات الشركة لليوم الثاني على التوالي، ادى الى تكديس النفايات المفرزة والمعدة للطمر، وبالتالي اضطر إقفال الطريق المؤدية الى مطمر الناعمة الشركة الى ايقاف عمليات الجمع، والمعالجة في بيروت وجبل لبنان".
وإذ أشارت إلى أن "مجلس الإنماء والإعمار، والجهات المختصة تبحث في حلول بديلة للمشكلة القائمة، اذ ان تأمين المكان المخصص للطمر هو من مسؤولية الدولة اللبنانية" اعتبرت الشركة نفسها غير "معنية بهذا الاعتصام، اذ ليست هي الجهة المخولة تحديد مكان الطمر".
وأعلنت أنها "ستستمر في عمليات الكنس في المناطق التي تشملها هذه الخدمة كالعادة، وبحسب البرنامج المتبع حاليا، وأنها ستقوم برش المبيدات حول الحاويات للحؤول دون تكاثر الجراثيم".
وتمنت على المواطنين "التعاون معها، عبر التأكد من إحكام إقفال كيس النفايات قبل وضعه في المستوعب، وذلك تخفيفا للخطر الناجم عن ترك النفايات في الطرق"، آملة أن "يتفهموا هذا الظرف الطارئ، الخارج عن إرادتنا".
وتقدمت "سوكلين" في ختام بيانها بالإعتذار من المواطنين "عن أي إزعاج قد يسببه هذا التوقف القسري الخارج عن إرادتها"، متمنية "حل هذه القضية بأسرع وقت ممكن، لتعود شوارعنا الى وضعها الطبيعي النظيف".
يذكر أن "سوكلين" هي الشركة الوحيدة المكلفة جمع النفايات من المحافظتين، في حين تقوم شركات أخرى بالمهمة في بعض المحافظات الأخرى.
21:54 ,2014 كانون الثاني 18
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The problem here is not about money, not directly anyway (read below). The problem is that the landfill that currently collects all this garbage is almost at 3 times the capacity it was designed to hold. Residents in the surrounding areas put up with horrible odours every day, and the rate of cancer in the area has risen dramatically and the underground natural water supplies have been contaminated all because Sukleen does not follow proper international standards of disposing the garbage. This landfill should have been closed years ago but due to the lack of ability of the rules of this country to perform their duties, it has remained open at the expense of the environment and the health of the citizens surrounding the landfill.
00:57 ,2014 كانون الثاني 19
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First sukleen is the making of your beloved "leader"
Second the problem is not with privatization but the monopoly that gives Sukleen all th leverage it needs to keep things going its way
08:04 ,2014 كانون الثاني 19
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you buffoon, what does this have to do with privatization?
and other than that, would you rather the disorganized disaster that is the lebanese government handle this instead? really? that would be about as efficient as:
the reliable EDL
the efficient water system
the modern internet
the highly managed traffic
the tight border security
the zero-tolerance on crime
Yes, on second thought, privatization would bring us:
the clean sukleen.
09:47 ,2014 كانون الثاني 19
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it is not the only trash in Beirut and mount Lebanon: what about hizbushaitan?
09:56 ,2014 كانون الثاني 19
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I have to agree with both samy and greatpiero on their accurate assessment of poster Flamethrower.
01:07 ,2014 كانون الثاني 19
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Now the smell of lebanon will match the mentality of most lebanese, unfortunatly.
14:11 ,2014 كانون الثاني 19
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It was the communist party members that organized the sit in and blocking trucks,,,, may be they can clean up the streets and find a proper dump for it! If you want to oppose, propose alternative or don't bother
10:43 ,2014 آذار 06
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It is the job of sukleen and sukomi, that are companies payed to manag waste in the best possible way, to find solutions. This is not the job of citizens. Citizens' money is spent on paying these companies to do their job right! Plus, if you do your research right, solutions were presented by the sit-in.
14:20 ,2014 كانون الثاني 19
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Landfills are a problem and I totally understand the concern of Nehmeh residents. But our government is very badly managed and cannot find solutions to real world problems like those.
Ministers should serve the people and not spend their days talking about divisive politics and trying to fill their pockets.
There must be a solution to the landfill problem in Lebanon but we haven't even started to think about it.
Some countries export their garbage, others use them for electricity, etc.
The solution is certainly not bribing a certain politician to get the contract approved but to think about those residents that are truly affected by the landfill and to think about a long term solution to our garbage.
14:21 ,2014 كانون الثاني 19
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*The solution is certainly not bribing a certain politician to get the contract approved or the sit-in lifted.
16:55 ,2014 كانون الثاني 19
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It is a sad reality to see here on this forum some people all too ready to jump on others throats with lame accusations, all done mutually and vice versa. The land fill at Al Nehmeh has been blocked by the residents of Al Nehmeh and to the best of my knowledge is not linked to any party. It's just normal people who feel that their rights have been trampled upon, not only by one government, by a succession of government. Now maybe that this has become a national concern would the current administration right a gross wrong. Even though we need to have Sukleen continue garbage collection, but Al Nehmeh residents cannot be expected to take the brunt of dirty politics.
19:17 ,2015 تشرين الثاني 23
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I have to agree with some of you. But i'm sorry to have to say that this is all linked to money. A governor is linked with only 1 garbage company right? we have more than one of those assholes in Lebanon. Each consulted with one company. They pay lots and lots of money to their own companies to clean Lebanon. Lets agree to this so the money ultimately goes back into their own pockets. This is corruptions. The only reason they closed the landfill even though it is full and overflowing is because the owner of that piece of land highered the price to dump trash there. So then The governors did not want to pay this governor. so then There is no other location to dump trash so we are suffering of the garbage on the roads.
Then it will take more than 2 years to make a proper landfill...That is if the government actually decides to do this and actually spend some money.
