Cars and motorcycles pass by a large pile of garbage on a Beirut street on Tuesday. Garbage is piling up on the streets of Beirut amid a growing dispute over Lebanon's largest trash dump. Hassan Ammar / AP / July 21, 2015
Cars and motorcycles pass by a large pile of garbage on a Beirut street on Tuesday. Garbage is piling up on the streets of Beirut amid a growing dispute over Lebanon's largest trash dump. Hassan Ammar / AP / July 21, 2015
Cars and motorcycles pass by a large pile of garbage on a Beirut street on Tuesday. Garbage is piling up on the streets of Beirut amid a growing dispute over Lebanon's largest trash dump. Hassan Ammar / AP / July 21, 2015
Cars and motorcycles pass by a large pile of garbage on a Beirut street on Tuesday. Garbage is piling up on the streets of Beirut amid a growing dispute over Lebanon's largest trash dump. Hassan Ammar

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Beirut’s streets filled by refuse

A dispute between the company in charge of picking up Beirut's refuse and workers is leading to a pile-up of rubbish.

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BEIRUT // Rubbish is piling up on the streets of Beirut amid a growing dispute over Lebanon’s largest dump.

Sukleen, the company in charge of picking up refuse, has workers sweeping Beirut’s streets but not making any collections.

The company’s spokesman said it could not take any more waste to the Naameh landfill, which was scheduled to close last Friday.

Residents have since prevented lorries from reaching it to unload. As the rubbish piles grow, workers are spraying the refuse bags with white powder to try to stop the spread of pests.

* Associated Press

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