Cases / Waste management · Lebanon · 2015
Lebanon's garbage piled up after Naameh landfill closed in 2015
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
After the Naameh landfill closed in 2015, garbage collection stopped in Lebanon and open burning of waste spread to more than 150 sites, Arab News reported. Open burning puts public health at risk.
What?
After the Naameh landfill closed in 2015, garbage collection stopped and open burning spread to more than 150 sites. Arab News
Where?
Naameh and Mount Lebanon, Lebanon Arab News
When?
The landfill closed in 2015; the open-burning figures are for the period after the closure Arab News
Who?
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The closure of the landfill stopped garbage collection, and waste was burned in the open at more than 150 sites Arab News
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Garbage collection stopped in Lebanon when the Naameh landfill closed in 2015, according to Arab News.
Open burning of waste continued at more than 150 sites, and it rose 330 percent in Mount Lebanon.
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Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say why the Naameh landfill closed or what replaced it.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the dates or the baseline for the 330 percent increase in open burning.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the bodies responsible for waste management in Lebanon.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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