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A general view shot taken on March 30, 2016, shows trucks dumping their load at the Naameh landfill, just south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. AFP
A general view shot taken on March 30, 2016, shows trucks dumping their load at the Naameh landfill, just south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. AFP
Explained: Why Lebanon has an ongoing trash problem
Activists say that the government is too dysfunctional and corrupt to implement long-term solutions