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Beirut
Central District, Beirut, Lebanon
Improved Solid Waste Collection System
Client: The
Lebanese Company for the Development and Reconstruction
of Beirut (SOLIDERE)
Start Date: December 2003
Completion Date: January 2004\
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Project Description:
The project aims at implementing a solid waste management plan
for the Beirut Central District (BCD) that: 1) allows for the
progressive development of the area; 2) can be easily adopted
by the generators (residential or non-residential – offices,
commercial enterprises, government institutions, etc…) and
service providers, (public or private) alike; and 3)
precludes, to the extent feasible, the use of curbside waste
containers.
The thought-after plan for the effective storage and
collection of solid waste within the BCD would account for the
developmental needs of all Sectors within the BCD, can be
readily introduced at the present, is flexible, and can
accommodate modifications to address the future needs of the
area as it develops, including variations in land use and
zoning.
Services:
Preparation of the tender documents for the study to improve
the solid waste collection system in two consecutive phases:
Phase one, improve the current and future solid waste
management (storage and collection) within three “hot spot”;
and Phase two, implement a similar management scheme that
encompasses the remainder of the Beirut Central District or
develop the ‘Phase one’ plan further to account for full
occupancy of the developed sites within the “hot-spot” areas.
Works included the identification of current situation with
respect to waste generation, handling, storage and collection,
development plans for SOLIDERE, presentation of needs and
constraints and development of conceptual programs, expected
outcomes from the study (maps, size of containers, volumes,
dimensions, analysis of alternative collection systems,
analysis of incurred costs, analysis of collection frequency,
etc). The works also included the setting of an action plan
and recommendations for implementing the proposed study.
