Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday launched “Beirut’s Paper,” a program to sort paper and cardboard in government buildings to reduce the amount of landfilled waste. “We are committed to integrated waste management, which should enhance the role of decentralization of municipalities,” Hariri said in a statement from his media office. He urged Parliament to sign the solid house waste management law that has been stuck at the committee stage for six years. “Every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees, 27.2 kilograms of air emissions and 2.45 cubic meters of landfill [space],” he said. “The public sector can become a leading example of recycling,” United Nations Development Program Country Director Celine Moyroud said. The recycling program is a collaboration between the UNDP, the Beirut Municipality and Live Lebanon, a UNDP organization.
