Civil Aviation Directorate Thwarts Burning of Garbage by Airport
The burning of garbage near the Rafik Hariri International Airport near Beirut's southern suburbs continued on Friday amid an outcry of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation Lebanon, reported al-Mustaqbal daily on Saturday.
Concerned sources told the daily that the Civil Aviation had sent a memo to the Middle East Airports Services (MEAS) to tackle the burning of waste near the western runway of the facility.
It requested that it cut access to the area where the garbage is being dumped and burned.
The spot is located some four kilometers away from the airport and is the property of the Civil Aviation.
MEAS has since relayed the memo to the Development and Reconstruction Council.
Beirut and the Mount Lebanon area were plunged in a waste disposal crisis following last week's closure of the Naameh landfill without finding an alternative.
Garbage has been piling on the streets of the capital and Mount Lebanon after dumpsters overflowed with tons of trash.
Some people have resorted to burning the waste to tackle the problem amid the government's ongoing failure to find a solution to the crisis.
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