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Al-Zein Reports 1,200 Illegal Dumps in Lebanon
Lebanese Environment Minister Tamara Zain highlighted the existence of approximately 1,200 illegal waste dumps across Lebanon. She emphasized that the government is not complacent and is focused on technical solutions, expressing no desire to increase taxes. She clarified that the mechanism for collecting environmental damage from quarry owners was flawed and that environmental fees were abolished due to difficulties in regulating prices and their rising costs. She added that one of her achievements was the formation of the National Committee for Solid Waste Management, aimed at establishing sorting facilities in cooperation with the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Mount Lebanon The Council for Development and Reconstruction. Zain also pointed out that the problem of crushed stone began with the unregulated import of materials by the Ministry of Industry. She affirmed that current solutions are insufficient and that it is impossible to continue managing environmental crises through emergency measures or by imposing solutions on municipalities. Additionally, she mentioned that Lebanon needs $12 billion to compensate for environmental damages in the south.
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