The government reached an agreement on Thursday over the funding of the months-long trash disposal crisis.

The cabinet will dedicate 50 million dollars for the export of the waste.

The funds will be referred to the Council for Development and Reconstruction, said Information Minister Ramzi Jreij after the cabinet session that was held at the Grand Serail.

Head of the Council, Nabil al-Jisr, revealed that the 50 million dollars will cover the first six months of the plan and that they will be sent to Russia, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5).

The government will meet again on February 18.

Lebanon has been suffering from a waste management crisis since the closure of the Naameh landfill in July 2015.

The closure resulted in the pile up of garbage on the streets throughout the country as experts warned of the environmental and health hazards of the crisis.

The cabinet agreed in late 2015 to export the trash after repeated efforts to establish new landfills failed.

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