{"id":2731,"date":"2025-07-18T12:20:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/?page_id=2731"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:34:31","slug":"waste-observatory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/waste-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2731\" class=\"elementor elementor-2731\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25833b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25833b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23bbc6b\" data-id=\"23bbc6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44c8e28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"44c8e28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8398593 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8398593\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1de0f8e\" data-id=\"1de0f8e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ef0d51 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ef0d51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Solid Waste Management Master Plans<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f1343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"13f1343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-026031c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"026031c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"324\">Waste management <strong data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"118\">Service Zones <\/strong>are defined as the minimum administrative areas where an integrated waste management system operates fully, covering all stages from waste generation to final disposal, with a focus on resource efficiency.<\/p><p data-start=\"677\" data-end=\"894\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategy (Ministry of Environment)<\/span> proposes <strong data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"726\">17 waste management Service Zones<\/strong> across Lebanon. These zones may be revised in response to national planning priorities, local strategies, infrastructure developments, and socio-environmental factors.<\/p><p data-start=\"677\" data-end=\"894\">The <strong>REMAL project<\/strong> supports the national strategy by developing solid waste management master plans for <strong>coastal<\/strong> <strong>Service Zones<\/strong> and assisting in the creation of actionable, sustainable, and financially viable operational plans for waste management services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe10f43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe10f43\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a8fa64\" data-id=\"0a8fa64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5c91d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f5c91d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaa3aac elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"eaa3aac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/service-zones-under-construction\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Service Zone 2: Tripoli \u2013 Minieh<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3bcadf elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e3bcadf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/service-zones-under-construction\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Service Zone 4: Koura \u2013 Batroun<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf36478 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cf36478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/service-zones-under-construction\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Service Zone 5: Kesrouane \u2013 Jbeil<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e79d259 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e79d259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/service-zones-under-construction\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Service Zone 7: Baabda<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-449352d elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"449352d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/service-zones-under-construction\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Service Zone 8: Aley \u2013 Chouf<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722c87a elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"722c87a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/service-zones-under-construction\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Service Zone 9: Saida \u2013 Jezzine<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-912fd54\" data-id=\"912fd54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b126e84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b126e84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/250709_Lebanon-Landing-Page_All-SZs-3-e1752590598221-990x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2556\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/250709_Lebanon-Landing-Page_All-SZs-3-e1752590598221-990x1024.png 990w, https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/250709_Lebanon-Landing-Page_All-SZs-3-e1752590598221-600x621.png 600w, https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/250709_Lebanon-Landing-Page_All-SZs-3-e1752590598221-290x300.png 290w, https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/250709_Lebanon-Landing-Page_All-SZs-3-e1752590598221-768x795.png 768w, https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/250709_Lebanon-Landing-Page_All-SZs-3-e1752590598221-1484x1536.png 1484w, https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/250709_Lebanon-Landing-Page_All-SZs-3-e1752590598221.png 1923w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e22688a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e22688a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4352c22\" data-id=\"4352c22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a578b9\" data-id=\"6a578b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc553d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc553d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Data source: UN-Habitat Lebanon, 2025. Image: REMAL<\/p><p>*Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations and the REMAL project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5423cb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5423cb8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63b02d6\" data-id=\"63b02d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0288056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0288056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Data source: &#8220;Summary of the Lebanon Solid Waste Roadmap for 2023-2026&#8221;, World Bank<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-883131d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"883131d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solid Waste Management Master Plans Waste management Service Zones are defined as the minimum administrative areas where an integrated waste management system operates fully, covering all stages from waste generation to final disposal, with a focus on resource efficiency. The National Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategy (Ministry of Environment) proposes 17 waste management Service Zones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2731","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Gaoli Xiao","author_link":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/author\/gaoli-xiao\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":null,"rttpg_excerpt":"Solid Waste Management Master Plans Waste management Service Zones are defined as the minimum administrative areas where an integrated waste management system operates fully, covering all stages from waste generation to final disposal, with a focus on resource efficiency. The National Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategy (Ministry of Environment) proposes 17 waste management Service Zones&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2731"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2893,"href":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2731\/revisions\/2893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/remal.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}