I really find it shameful that there are still Lebanese who throw their garbage on the streets and litter everywhere they go, and I partially blame the municipalities and authorities for that. I’ve been walking and jogging in Jounieh and ATCL for the past month or so, and the streets are not clean at all, not even in Jounieh’s souks. There’s garbage here and there, and there’s dog poop all over the ATCL sidewalk. I’ve seen numerous times people walking their dogs at ATCL and stopping in the middle of the sidewalk to let them take a crap and just go on with their walk as if nothing happened. It’s disgusting and gross but there’s nothing we can do about it if the municipality is not serious enough to implement the law and penalize those who litter.
Just take a look at this warning issued above and how it was hung randomly on an electric pole by the municipality. It says “final warning” but I doubt that anyone will take the municipality seriously if they don’t make a small effort and do it properly. For all I know, what they’re doing is called littering as well as the paper won’t last long on the pole or will be torn down by kids playing around.
i hate people who litter ,i see them everyday on the highways ,people throwing garbage from their cars ,i think it’s more related to their upbringing and morals ,i’m ashamed of these people ,because they’re far more than the Good Lebanese
I personally would feel like crap if i threw something out my window i just can’t ill throw it in my car and wait till I’m near a bin to get rid of it. I once had a car in front of me filled with people who were eating bananas the whole drive all i saw was banana skins being thrown out the windows i think they threw like 15 banana skins the time i was behind them. It was so disgusting. Its not that hard to keep a bag in ur car for trash and than throw it away in a garbage bin. People are shameless in this country.
Agree with the comments. I also hate littering and I found this practice more and more frequent with time. When it comes to Bio waste, also I do not do it and do not like others to do it, it doesn’t annoy me much. However, when it come to cans, plastic or glass waste, this annoys me a lot. In Germany and many northern European countries, we pay additional fees for each can/plastic/glass bottle that we buy and we get our money back when we return the empty bottle: “chraba redda ya3ne”. This practice existed in Lebanon in the past (Pepsi, coca, Almaza… ) but was dropped as is the case with many good practices (Tram, trains, bottle refunds, forest guards… ). How can other countries progress and our own country regress ? To me this is the sign that Lebanon is getting worse with time.
whyy don’t they do it anymore ,use and return them back?