Editing Beirut (section)

===Environmental issues===
{{Main|Marine environmental issues in Lebanon}}

Lebanon, especially Beirut and its suburbs, suffered a massive garbage crisis, mainly from July 2015 up to March 2016. The issue began when authorities shut down the main landfill site originally used for Beirut's garbage south-east of the city and failed to provide any alternative solutions for months. As a result, garbage mounted in the streets in Greater Beirut and caused protests to erupt, which sometimes invoked police action. This problem was commonly blamed on the country's political situation. This garbage crisis birthed a movement called "[[2015–16 Lebanese protests|You Stink]]" which was directed at the country's politicians. In March 2016, the government came up with a so-called temporary solution to establish two new landfills East and South of the city to store the garbage, while several municipalities across the country, in an unprecedented move, began recycling and managing waste more efficiently, building waste-management facilities and relying on themselves rather than the central government. Moreover, Beirut has a lack of green areas with just two main public gardens (sanayeh and horch Beirut). In fact, concrete roofs cover 80% of the capital area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/24/middleeast/lebanon-garbage-crisis-river/index.html |title=Lebanon: River of trash chokes Beirut suburb |last1=Hume |first1=Tim |last2=Tawfeeq |first2=Mohammed |work=CNN |access-date=14 November 2016 |archive-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114170326/http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/24/middleeast/lebanon-garbage-crisis-river/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>