Conflict Incident Report

We Want Accountability civil society demonstrators gathered by the municipality of al-Jdeideh protesting the outspread burning of garbage that has spread in several areas in Lebanon diffusing a toxic stench, the National News Agency said on Friday.

The campaigners gathered by the municipality of al-Jdeideh in al-Bauchrieh
demanding that the municipalities intervene and put an end to this “phenomenon in light of the health hazards as the result of inhaling the toxic smoke and foul smell.”
“The municipalities should halt this phenomenon in public places mainly because it causes serious damage to the human being, and makes one prone to blood clots as the result of the fumes,” they said.
For its part, the municipality stated: “We will assist in extinguishing the fire. We are in the process of building a project in the near future to burn wastes.”
A trash management crisis erupted in July when the largest landfill that receives the trash of Beirut and Mount Lebanon was closed.

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