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Beirut launches underground systems - Free Report, June |
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by Elina Haber | 17-07-2021 00:20
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Every year we dump a massive 2,120,000,000 tons of waste, billions tons of waste causing us to suffer to keep our planet clean. It's estimated that Lebanon itself, produces 5,000 tons of garbage daily. Where does it go after throwing it in the trash bin? It's either dumped in the ocean or it simply stays on the ground, or worse; burned causing toxic pollution. Underground waste management helps making "zero waste" possible. So, what is this system? What countries are using this long term solution to the trash crisis? Underground waste containers are named as a compact system, they can be large or small, they are visible above-ground, and can store about 10 times more waste than their size. They make the pollution invisible, they diminish infections rate and they definitely get rid of the obnoxious smells. Industrial engineers can figure out where those life savers must be placed through different MCDM methods; MC-HLFTS, MAIRCA, and MABAC. Multi-Criteria Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Set helps determine the criteria weights using math. Additionally, the Multi-Attributive Ideal-Real Comparative Analysis ranks the alternatives of the results, then those are analyzed and compared using the MABAC method. The waste stored in the underground containers can now be collected, but how does this happen? One way is to simply elevate the cans and collect the waste using trucks, another is to eliminate the trucks' role and to install underground tubes that will take the waste to the waste management industry. Hence, the recyclable items can be thrown in these underground containers. Thus, this system can also increase recycling rates. Furthermore, this deep collection system has been developed worldwide specially in rich countries, such as Finland and Canada. Molok's Finnish underground containers are sold in 40 countries, those are placed in medium or large spaces. Less space, more storage! Their installation may be costly but emptying them can actually be easier and faster to do. With 30 years of experience, Molok finds that semi-burried containers are more beneficial than fully underground systems. Similarly, in Canada, Ecoloxia is a great example to follow. With only eleven years of experience, this company has produced different homes for the trash. For instance, the special cube containers, the tubes and the steritubes. My favorite part of this report is that I get the chance to say that my country Lebanon worked on cleaning its trash. The Lebanese company Ramco, over the last 54 years has achieved a lot in the architecture and waste's field. They recently expanded their business from only practicing industrial work to also managing waste. In 2018, Ramco installed underground containers in the country's capital city, and promised to place 250 more bins across Beirut. All in all, waste can be managed using several underground waste systems; the semi-burried bins, fully underground bins. The stored trash can be emptied by the truck, and it can be transported to the company using underground tubes. This system has been practiced worldwide even in undeveloped countries such as Lebanon. Works used are sited below:
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Former E-gen Ambassador
Elina Haber 
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8 Comments
Greetings Elina
I hope you are doing well!
Thank you for letting us know on underground systems.
Keep sharing
Thank you so much for your report.
Keep writing
Kind regards
Asmita Gaire
Posted 31-07-2021 05:10
Hi Elina,
This is your mentor Yuseon:D
Trash is generating infinitely and continuously, but there isn't a optimal solution to solve this crisis. We just think of ways to 'dispose' the trash, not really deal with it. This underground trash system also doesn't seem to be the final solution. The compressed trash has to go somewhere through the tube, so could this be the real solution?
Thanks for sharing this information!
Keep us tuned:)
Posted 29-07-2021 23:50
Dear Elina,
This is your mentor Debbie. :)
Thanks for introducing several waste management systems. This must be a topic many of us are unfamiliar of. It's great that some systems are indeed increasing the rate of recycling but I think most important thing is for us to reduce the amount of waste produced on our ends. In this way our earth will definitely suffer less from waste management. Keep up the work! :D
Green Cheers,
Debbie
Posted 25-07-2021 00:37
Hi Eli Eli:)
Indeed, less space, more storage! Need to be honest, I did not have any clue about underground systems, need to implement in Uzbekistan too. Thank you for a very informative report, hope to read and hear more from you!
Green cheers,
Vazi Vazi:)
Posted 20-07-2021 03:12
This is great news! We have to work actively towards waste minimization and cleaning our environment. Thanks for sharing!
Best,
Yagya
Posted 17-07-2021 15:24
Hello Elina,
I hope you are doing well,
Thank you so much for this informative report on underground system,
Its a step to minimize the waste,
Keep writing,
Green Cheers,
Bindu
Posted 17-07-2021 13:01
Meena Pandey says :
Hello Elina!!
I hope you are fine and doing great.
Thank you for sharing such an insightful report with us.
It is great to know that your country Lebanon worked on cleaning trash.
I want to make you a kind reminder to fill this form which will take just a minute so that we can get connected in coming days too.
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Yours,
Meena
GREEN CHEERS
Posted 17-07-2021 13:01
Hello Elina sis,
I do hope you are fine there and doing great with your works,
Thank you so much for sharing such an informative article. I had never heard about it before.
Glad to see how your country is involving to minimize the waste and trash.
Keep sharing,
We are eager to read much from you in coming days too,
Yours,
Sandhya
Posted 17-07-2021 03:12