According to estimates, approximately 80% of all currently produced cigarette brands worldwide incorporate monoacetate filters
64/1988 on toxic waste and harmful pollutants prohibits the creation of toxic waste without proper disposal, and provides for penalties including fines and terms of imprisonment between three months and three years.[23] The Ministry of Environment is responsible for environmental monitoring, but appears to lack the necessary personnel and financial resources to do so effectively.[24] The ministrys budget in 2010 was only LBP7.325 billion (US$4.88 million).[25] In November 2015, the Minister of Health sent a communication to the Ministry of Interior asking municipalities to cease burning waste, which the Ministry of Interior forwarded to municipalities.[26] In February 2016, the health minister accused 85 municipalities of burning waste, referred them to the judiciary, and called on the Minister of Interior and General Prosecutor to have municipalities sign a pledge not to burn waste.[27] The health minister later said that it was the ministrys responsibility to ensure that the burning stopped.[28] In a letter to Human Rights Watch, the ministry wrote: The Ministry of Public Health has stressed since the onset of the trash crisis that the open burning of trash is strictly prohibited, and it calls on all municipalities to take the necessary and strict measures to prohibit it.[29] Beirut and Mount Lebanon There is a stark discrepancy between how waste is managed in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, the two wealthiest areas, and in the rest of the country, which has substantially higher rates of poverty.[30] In greater Beirut, Lebanon initially awarded the Averda company Sukleen a one year contract for waste collection and street cleaning through a competitive bidding process in 1994, which was then renewed and expanded.[31] In 1997, the Council for Development and Reconstruction, a government institution that monitors the execution of major projects, developed and implemented a solid waste emergency plan for Beirut and most of Mount Lebanon (excluding Jbeil)
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