Summary
A coalition of civil society and environmental groups Wednesday slammed the government's plans to expand two coastal landfills in a short-term bid to keep trash off Lebanon's streets.
The new coalition, which was formed in December and calls itself the Waste Management Coalition, said it would contest any plans to expand the Costa Brava and Burj Hammoud landfills, as per the plan of Environment Minister Tarek Khatib last year. The issue of expanding the landfills is on the agenda of Cabinet when they meet Thursday.
These landfills, serving the Beirut area, were opened last year as a temporary solution to Lebanon's 2015 waste crisis.
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