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The legal team of a united coalition at the Green Globe Association, represented by its president, Samir Skaf, petitioned the Honorable Judge Rania Rahma on July 11, 2019, registered under number 2019 / 226, to take immediate action to stop any work at the Burj Hamoud landfill. – New – Barrage of Bouchria until it is equipped with the necessary constructions, which will avoid causing damage to the environment, to the citizens and the good conduct of the businesses, in accordance with the laws and regulations in force.
This approach was preceded by a series of steps related to the waste issue as an urgent health and environmental issue, especially after the waste crisis on Lebanese territory reached a level of unprecedented, especially with respect to marine landfills. In the Burj Hammoud-Al Sadd landfill, the latter was created following the decision to enter into a contract with Khoury Contracting Company, in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, including the Lebanese Law on the Protection of Human Rights. environment, the Law on Integrated Solid Waste Management and the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment. And on average in coastal areas, Khoury Contracting has been operating since the beginning of the contract in a manner that does not comply with minimum standards, regulations and environmental circulars, as evidenced by toxic emissions and odors from solid waste treated disrespectfully. technical and technical badets and standards. What has deteriorated with the sanitary and social conditions of the citizens, especially the inhabitants of the neighboring regions who have not stopped visiting hospitals and health centers in the hope of coping with the suffocating crisis and diseases Malignant who badigned them and paid To leave their home on the dire situation near the mentioned landfill site, add to this crisis of sea fishing in the region.
After the damage caused by the landfill and other marine dumps, the coalition and Green Globe have warned that the government, especially the Ministry of Environment, as well as the Council for Development and Reconstruction, continued to ignore violations of sanitary and environmental standards in the landfill, in crime and its social and economic burden and the serious abuse of citizens' lives and the reputation of the country. The Coalition and Green Globe reaffirm that they will not remain inactive while threatening the daily lives and health of the Lebanese, and that they will not make judicial decisions, they will not only make paper decisions and will empty their promises of Violence and future clashes with corruption in the waste file, With their partners, they will oppose any decision to enlarge landfills, especially after the cry of the communities and municipalities surrounding them, such as this was the case yesterday for the discharge of the Costa Brava.
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