Report: Salam to Convene Cabinet Soon to Finalize Trash Disposal Solution

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is likely to call cabinet to session soon in order to tackle the ongoing waste management crisis, reported the daily An Nahar on Wednesday.

Ministerial sources told the daily that the premier will call the government to convene “within days.”

They explained that officials have reached the final phase of a solution to end the garbage crisis.

Media reports over the past week have said that the finishing touches to exporting the waste are being addressed and set in place.

The various technical details of the solution are being tackled, they said.

Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb had told media outlets in recent days that he is optimistic on resolving the problem.

Lebanon was plunged in a waste management crisis after the closure of the Naameh landfill in July.

Politicians have failed to find an alternative for it and the country has suffered from the pile up of garbage in various regions.

Citizens have resorted to burning the trash, sparking health and environmental experts to warn of the hazards of such a step and of the ongoing pile up of the waste in general.

M.T.

D.A.