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The Official Opening

Mr. Nabil Rizk – MC: the Organizer Mr. Raji Maasri – Technical Advisor Dr. Fadi Gemayel – Chairman of ALI

The Official Opening

Honoring and Recognition

H.E. Minister Mohamad Al Mashnouk

H.E. MP Marwan Hamadé H.E. Minister Akram Chouheib |

Representing H.E. MP Walid Joumblatt


H.E. Eng. Nabil Al Jisr – CDR President

Dr. Fadi Gemayel – President of ALI Mr. Mohamad Chouckair – Chairman of CCIA


Mr. Tal’at Laham – CEO of Sibline

Mr. Romel Ghosn – Representative of HOLCIM lebanon Mr. Jamil Taleb – Representative of Dar Al Handasah |

Nazih Taleb and Partners

Panel 1: Current Strategy and Managing Waste for Sustainable Development

Eng. Bassam Farhat Representative of CDR,

Lebanon

Eng. Bassam Sabbagh Representative of MoE,

Lebanon

Mrs. Rana Tabchirani Saliba Representative of ALI,

Lebanon

Mr. Pierre Issa Consultant OMSAR Minister,

Lebanon

Mr. Raji Maasri Technical Advisor to

Conference | MD of Mores , Lebanon Moderator

Dr. Abdulla Nassour University of Rostock,

Germany The Panel One

Panel 2: International Experience, Innovative Solutions, and Decision Making

The Panel Two

Dr. Abdulla Nassour University of Rostock, Germany | Moderator

Dr. Stephane Poellaer Manager AETPS, Belgium

Mr. Raji Maasri Representing Dr. Kåre Helge

Karstensen | SINTEF , Norway

Dr. Charbel Afif Assistant Professor – USJ,

Lebanon

Dr. Ludwig Streff ICP Environmental & Geo-

technical Engineering, Germany

Panel 3: Business of Solid Waste Management and Other Considerations

The Panel Three

Dr. Stephane Poellaer Manager AETPS, Belgium

Prof. Dr. Klaus Fricke President of Center for

Research, Education and Demonstration in Waste Management (CReED),

Germany

Dr. Mustapha Brakez General Manager, SEGU Group,

Morocco

Dr. Hassan Dhaini Associate Professor of

Toxicology Faculty of Health Sciences – University of

Balamand, Lebanon

Mr. Fadi Ghanem Chairman of Ghadi Association,

Lebanon

Dr. Elie Mekhael Assistant Professor, Lebanese University,

Faculty of Education, and Expert in Sustainable Education – Lebanon

Panel 4: Quality of Life

Mrs. Jinan Karameh Chayya PHD Candidate in Science

Education Expert in Education For Sustainable Development

(Accredited by EU) Lebanon

The Conference = Pre-Opening

The Conference = The Opening

The Conference = Officials

The Conference = People

The Conference – Attendance Profile

Official Patronage and Endorsement

Official Patronage: H.E. Mr. Mohamad Al Mashnouk - Minister of Environment, Lebanon

Endorsed by: Council for Development and Reconstruction – Represented by H.E. Eng. Nabil Al Jisr

Strategic partner: Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) - Represented by Dr. Fadi Gemayel

Keynote Speaker of the Conference: H.E. MP Walid Joumblatt President of National Nidal Parliamentary Front Progressive

Socialist Party Leader – Represented by H.E. Mr. Akram Chouheib – Minister of Agriculture, Lebanon

Official Attendance:

H.E. MP Marwan Hamadeh – Head of the Environment Parliamentary Committee

H.E. MP Assem Qansou – Rapportteur of the Environment Parliamentary Committee

H.E. Mr. Berj Hatajian – Director General of Ministry of Environment

Mr. Pierre Issa – Representing H.E. Minister of OMSAR – Mr. Nabil De Freij

Mr. Mohammad Choukeir – Chairman of Federation of Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Lebanon

Mr. Mohamad Lamaa – Vice Chairman of Beirut and Mount Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture

Board Member of ALI

Directors of CDR: Mr. Ibrahim Chahrour, Dr. Wafaa Charafeddine, Mr. Bassam Farhat, and many others

Ministry of Environment: Head of departments and Sections

Diplomatic Corps: representatives from EU Commission, Oman, Algeria, Italy, France, UK, Iran, and UAE,

Representatives of UN Agencies: ESCWA, UNDP, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNHCR, UNESCO

Representatives of EU Commission in Lebanon

Representatives of Federations of Municipalities and Municipalities from North, Bekaa, South, Nabatieh, Akkar, Tyr,

Sponsors:

Main sponsors: Ministry of Environment, CDR, ALI, Al Mawarid Bank, Holcim Lebanon – Sibline, Dar Al Handasha Nazih Taleb &

Partners.

Speakers:

7 International Speakers from: Germany (3), Belgium (1), Norway (2), Morocco (1)

10 Speakers from Lebanon (Academics, Practitioners, Experts, and NGOs)

Media Sponsors:

Lebanon Files, Annahar newspaper, and LBCI

Attendance Profile:

Total number of Attendance at the opening: More than 200 Delegates including Speakers and Officials Figures

Government: 30 | Diplomats: 10 | Private Sector and Industry: 75 | Municipalities and Federations of Municipalities: 25 | UN

Agencies: 12 | EU Commission: 2 | International NGOs and National NGOs: 30| Academics: 10 | Students: 15

The Conference – Program

Official Opening Organizer’s Welcome Speech by Nabil Rizk

Managing Director of TTL for Business Development s.a.r.l.

Dr. Fadi Gemayel

President of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists

H.E. Eng. Nabil Al Jisr

President of Council for Development and Reconstruction

H.E. Mr. Mohamad Al Mashnouk

Minister of Environment, Lebanon

Keynote Speaker: H.E. MP Walid Joumblatt

President of National Nidal Parliamentary Front Progressive Socialist Party Leader

Honoring at the Stage

Panel 1: Current Strategy and Managing Waste for Sustainable Development Moderator: Mr. Raji Maasri | General Manager, MORES, Lebanon

Speakers Presentation Outlines

Eng. Bassam Farhat

Project Manager,

Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR), Lebanon

Title: Present Situation and Future Plans for Solid Waste Management in

Lebanon

Eng. Bassam Sabbagh

Head of Urban Environment Service, Ministry of Environment,

Lebanon

Title: Solid Waste Management in Lebanon, Treatment Options and Les-

sons Learned

Background information on SWM

Current MSWM Legislation, policies and strategies

SWM CHALLENGES in Lebanon

ENERGY RECOVERY FROM WASTE

Drivers and Constraints to implementing WtE technologies

Recommendations

Mr. Pierre Issa

Consultant to the Minister OMSAR, Lebanon

Title: The OMSAR’s Contribution to the National Strategy for Solid Waste

Management

Mrs. Rana Tabcharani Saliba Head & Project Manager

Environment & Energy Department Association of Lebanese

Industrialists, Lebanon

Title: Burning Waste Is Burning Money and Job Opportunities

Recycling: a way of life in many countries

The role of recycling versus incinerating for power generation

Dr. Abdulla Nassour

Professor, University of Rostock Chair of Waste Management

and Material Flow, Germany

Title: Technical and financial practical solutions for municipal solid waste

management in Lebanon

Waste Management in General

How to Minimize Land Filling

Q&A


Panel 2: International Experience, Innovative Solutions, and Decision Making Moderator: Dr. Abdulla Nassour

Professor, University of Rostock Chair of Waste Management and

Material Flow,

Germany


Dr. Kåre Helge Karstensen

Chief Scientist Foundation for Scientific & Industrial

Research (SINTEF),

Norway

Mr. Palash Kumar Researcher Foundation for Scientific

& Industrial Research (SINTEF), Norway

Title: Sustainable waste management in a circular economy- case of

co-processing in cement kilns

Importance of resource conservation and re-use – concept of

circular economy

How co-processing addresses the important levers of sustainable

development

Experiences of co-processing

Governance- collaboration between government, academia,

research, industry and the civil society

Strategic long term vision

Mr. Stéphane Poellaer

Manager, Alterline Environmental Technologies &

Process Safety sprl, Belgium

Title: Waste Management Hierarchy

Raw Material & RDF Recovery: MSW Pre-processing & RDF

production

Recovery of RDF

RDF use /vs. Total Incineration

Dr. Ludwig Streff

Head of International Waste Management - ICP

Environmental & Geo-technical Engineering, Germany

Title: Valorization of organic matter out of MSW (municipal solid

waste) and other sources

Dr. Charbel Afif

As. Professor, Saint-Joseph University,

Lebanon

Title: Implication of Air Quality in Waste Management Scheme

Air quality baseline in Lebanon

Air pollution hotspots in Lebanon and need for detailed inventory

in specific areas (due to quarries)

Implication of waste management technologies on air quality –

Technologies versus emissions and emission factors

The concept of incremental increase

Reaching a choice – air quality as a major selection criteria

Q&A


Panel 3: Business of Solid Waste Management and Other Considerations Moderator: Mr. Stéphane Poellaer

Manager, Alterline Environmental Technologies & Process Safety sprl,

Belgium


Prof. Dr. Klaus Fricke

Professor, Technical University of Braunschweig

(Technische Universität Braunschweig), Leichtweiß

Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Department Waste

and Resource Management

President of Center for Research, Education and

Demonstration in Waste Management (CReED, Germany

Title: Financials, Management and Technologies for solving waste

management problems

Trend Setting Influences in waste management

Sustainable management systems and technologies in

development and threshold countries

Technical standards

Ecological aspects

Markets for secondary resources - status quo and development

Fees, revenues, carbon trading etc.

Capacity building

Financing

Dr. Mustapha BRAKEZ

PhD of Environmental Economy - University of Cote

d'Opale Dunkerque

General Manager, SEGU Group,

Morocco

Title: Monitoring and Control of Municipal Waste Collection Services

and Use of Intelligent Technologies for Credibility and

Transparency

Integrity & Transparency in Waste Management

Technical Control, Supervision, Optimization of Waste

Management Model, etc.

Dr. Hassan Dhaini

Associate Professor of Toxicology

Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Balamand,

Lebanon

Title: Exposure Pathways and Health Consideration in Solid Waste

Management Strategy

MSW Components & Management

Environmental Concerns

Exposure Pathways & Health Risks

Recommendations for Decision Makers

Q&A


Panel 4: Quality of Life Moderator: Dr. Elie Mekhael

Assistant Professor, Lebanese University, Faculty of Education, and

Expert in Sustainable Education - Lebanon


Dr. Elie Mekhael

As. Professor, Lebanese University, Faculty of

Education, and Expert in Sustainable Education,

Lebanon

Mrs. Jinan Karameh Chayya

PHD Candidate in Science Education

Expert in Education For Sustainable Development

(Accredited by EU)

School Coordinator of UNESCO Activities

Member in United Nations Association, Lebanon

Title: Mobilization of Community Resources

Major public health risks

Role of private sector and PPP

Overview of Sustainability Education,

Awareness and Sustainability Education: Hands-on Experience

and Best Practices

Mr. Fadi Ghanem

Chairman of Ghadi Association, Lebanon

Title: How NGOs Can Contribute in a Strategic Waste Management

Plan

Current Environmental Challenges

The Need for a National Strategic Plan for Waste Management

Concerns and Possible Obstacles

Q&A

The Conference’s Closing Session – Conclusions and Recommendations

Introduction This closing section represents conclusions and recommendations are a

synopsis of key viable messages by the speakers; positions of Lebanese experts

and decision makers that were ascertained by the international experts; issues

raised by local civic society and academia that were applauded by

participants; and presented current practices by Lebanese industries and local

authorities that have proven to divert materials from land filling.

The recommendations of the conference are presented under various topics:

Government:

o The Government of Lebanon should establish a sustainable, flexible,

and resource oriented waste management system for Lebanon.

o Establish a national and transparent data base for MSW and other type of

wastes.

o The Ministry of Environment (MoE) should be the entity devising the waste

management strategy.

o Encourage the Lebanese Government represented by MoE to lead a proper

governance initiative for MSW.

o Willingness to change and develop is a must.

Use technology for a better society: o Co-processing is a preferred option over land filling and incineration.

o RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) production and co-processing and the

installation of BMT plants is replacing incineration as options in Europe,

and in the rest of the “western world” (In contrast with what is being

promoted in Lebanon).

o MBT (Mechanical Biological Treatment) can reduce waste volume,

increase landfill lifetime, reduce emissions by >90% in gas and

Leachate, protect surface and groundwater and produce RDF.

o With proper drying, and recovery of recyclable and RDF, only inert

matter would be destined to land filling.

o Composting is not an option for mixed waste, and regulators and

technicians should stop promoting it, except for sorted at source organic

matter.

o Waste sorting at source is highly recommended to be introduced.

o Valorization of organics through composting can only be done if sorted at

source (not mixed). Treatment of organics, especially in mixed waste,

should be done through other means like Bio stabilization or bio drying.


Industry: o Engage and encourage Industry as an active partner.

o Ensure recovery of recyclables as raw material.

o Offer industry incentives to develop their systems to co-process alternative

fuel and resources.

o Take note that “centralized” incineration punishes industry, and deprive

them from raw material and alternative fuels.

Sustainability:

o Lebanon needs can be a leader in the development, implementation, and

maintenance of innovative and sustainable waste reduction, recycling and

collection services within an engaged community.

o Acting under emergency approaches is not constructive.

o Putting limitations, asking for large consortium forces elevation in prices,

increase unknowns, and develops more centralized decision making and

monopolies.

o Mixing collection with treatment hinders the use of checks and balances

and limits control over quality and finances. Such approaches hamper

active minimization of waste generation.

o Technical, financial and environmental sustainability depends on long term

visions and strategies. Sustainable solutions can only be implemented

within proper visions and strategies, and not as a response to emergency

situations. Visions lead to strategies and in turn to sustainable solutions.

Such solutions address market needs, and have positive socio-economic

implications, and would ultimately lead to closure and reclamation of

dumps, and the better protection of the environment.

o Indirect costs and the cost of environmental degradation ought to be

accounted for in decision making.

o C&D, bulky waste and hospital waste should not be mixed with household

waste.


Role of Municipalities: o Municipalities should encourage social engagement, and get engaged

socially.

o Municipalities should have control over budgets and expenditures for the

cleansing of towns, and be involved in related financial matters.

o The government ought to entrust municipalities and federations of

municipalities to play an active role in implementing awareness programs.

o Proper solutions ought to relieve municipal funds and permit

decentralization and development.

o Decentralization of waste management solutions should be considered as

part of any strategic plan for solid waste management in Lebanon.

Civil Society, NGOs and Education:

o NGOs are correct in requesting strategies before solutions. Something the

government and its politicians are hesitant to do…

o Although, NGOs may not always promote technically viable solutions, they

are a must as pressure groups.

o We aim at providing a waste collection and recovered materials services

that are timely and serve the needs of our community. In the preparation

stage, we will work with CDR and other government stakeholders to

establish a vision and mission for

o Continually educating ourselves and our community regarding

sustainability, environmental responsibility, recycling, and proper waste

management is a must.

o Society should play an active role in waste reduction and management.

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