Environmental Disaster in Saida - garbage collapses into sea

Posted by finkployd in Info
Tuesday, February 19. 2008

In the southern port city of Sidon, the storm caused a landslide at a huge garbage dump known as the "rubbish mountain," sending an estimated 150 tons of garbage into the sea, according to a statement issued by the Sidon municipality.

The statement, carried by the state-run National News Agency, blamed the snowstorm as well as a magnitude 5 quake in Lebanon last week for causing "cracks" in the mountain of garbage and leading to the collapse.

"The Sidon municipality has announced a state of environmental emergency and is taking necessary measures to limit sea pollution," it said.

Environmental experts have long warned of public health hazards associated with the Sidon dump. The mountain of waste has partially collapsed into the Mediterranean on at least two occasions in the past.

أصدر المكتب الإعلامي في بلدية صيدا بياناً جاء فيه:
"نتيجة العاصفة القطبية التي ضربت لبنان، وقبلها الهزة الأرضية وإرتداداتها اللاحقة التي أصابت صيدا وغيرها من المناطق اللبنانية، والتي أحدثت تصدعات وتشققات في جبل النفايات في المدينة، فقد انهارت كتلة من الأتربة والنفايات من جبل النفايات قدرت بنحو 150 طنا سقطت في الجهة الغربية من جبل النفايات الملامسة للبحر".
أضاف البيان: "بلدية صيدا أعلنت حالة طوارىء بيئية، واتخذت كافة الإجراءات الضرورية الممكنة للحد من تلوث البحر، وبدأت التحضير لعملية تنظيف واسعة للنفايات عند انتهاء العاصفة وتراجعها".

tags: environmental disaster, garbage dump, mediterranean sea, february 2008, lebanon, coastline, beirut, saida, sidon

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