During the last weeks, sSeveral villages of Iqlim el-Kharroub (South of Beirut), as well as certain cities of South Lebanon such as Saïda or Nabatiyeh were the scene of a scandal with new development: trucks of waste throwing their contents in several villages, often under the cover of darkness. The inhabitants and certain municipalities, such as the one of Barja (Iqlim el-Kharroub), as well as information published in the press or in the media, redrew the track of this waste: according to them, it begins at the garbage dump of Normandy (city center of Beirut, in the perimeter of Solidere, near Biel).

The site of the Normandy sector is a wild garbage dump which had been used during the years of war, but closed since the end of the hostilities. Some years ago, its rehabilitation began: the goal is to transform that site into grounds that were to be invested within the framework of the reconstruction of Beirut downtown. The process consisted as a rule in the sorting of this former waste and their treatment. Now this scandal of the waste poured in regions, which burst recently, threw some doubt on this operation of rehabilitation. On April 23rd, the tension rose a bit more when inhabitants of Iqlim el-Kharroub, and certain people in charge in the municipalities, cut the South freeway in front of about thirty trucks, pouring on the ground the waste these trucks were transporting, to prove that the waste was really garbage and not harmless materials for elevations. They protested against the transport of this waste towards a quarry in the region, expressing their fear for environment and health. The army and the FSI intervened to return the peace and reopen the road, but the spirits remained quite excited. The next day, the village of Charquié (Nabatiyeh) closed this time the road of the garbage dump to prevent the possible passage of trucks transporting waste coming from the outside of the village.

Solidere, who refused until now to make comments, published a communiqué asserting that there is no more waste in Normandy, but that the "sorting resulted in a limited quantity of absolutely not harmful residues". The text clarifies besides that "Solidere has nothing to do with the other waste that was transported in regions".