Garbage may soon pile up in Lebanon amid devastating financial crisis

A garbage crisis is looming in Lebanon as the waste management company contracted by the government warns it will soon cease operations due to unpaid wages and the dangers at landfill sites due to people scavenging. Photos: dpa

A garbage crisis is looming in Lebanon as the waste management company contracted by the government warns it will soon cease operations due to unpaid wages and the dangers at landfill sites where people scavenge for scrap.

"We are likely to stop operations after February as the government still isn't paying us," Walid Bou Saad, chief financial officer at Ramco, told dpa at the company's headquarter north of Beirut.