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Trash situation still stinks as Lebanon leans on 'temporary' landfills

The Lebanese Cabinet has requested a study on the possibility of expanding the Costa Brava and Bourj Hammoud landfills, which were intended to be temporary but filled before their time.

A car is blocked by garbage piled up along a street in Dekwaneh area, Mount Lebanon August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir  - S1AETYGHNHAA
A car is blocked by garbage piled up along a street in the Dekwaneh area of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Aug. 29, 2016. — REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

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