Report: Opening Costa Brava Landfill 'Applicable' for Hizbullah

Member of the parliamentary committee tasked with resolving the trash management crisis Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan said on Sunday that Hizbullah has no problem with creating a landfill in the coastal area of Costa Brava, al-Mustaqbal daily reported on Sunday.

“When suggestions emerged that the Costa Brava landfill should be created, committee member Hassan assured that Hizbullah has no problem with that, nor with any other landfill,” an unnamed source told the daily.

However, Hassan pointed out to big criticism against Sukleen and highlighted the fact that preparing a new book of conditions for tenders will require an additional four months which will delay the process even more, according to the source.

The ministerial committee has been tasked with resolving the months long trash management crisis that emerged in July 2015 when the Naameh landfill south of Beirut was closed.

It is seeking to find alternatives to the cabinet's trash exportation plan, which failed after the British firm Chinook Urban Mining failed to submit the legal permits to transfer the country's waste to Russia.

The option of reopening the country's landfills emerged after all other plans failed.

The sources also said that some progress has been noted in reopening the Bourj Hammoud landfill after committee member Minister Arthur Nazarian said that the issue is “open for discussion.”

On Thursday, Prime Minister Tammam Salam revealed that progress has been made in resolving the country's ongoing trash disposal crisis.

He credited this progress to “facilitations made by some sides over certain issues,” adding that “positive results” will emerge in the upcoming days.