Feasibility Study for Optimized Gas Extraction & Rehabilitation of Bourj Hammoud Dump Site, Lebanon

This project was contracted to the consortium "Envirotech - SWECO" it was financed by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Council for Reconstruction & Development (CDR). The aims of this project were to:

• Block ongoing problems with leachate, smoke, fires and odour from Bourj Hammoud dumpsite
• Demonstrate an affordable solution to remediate the largest disposal site in Lebanon, located in a very sensitive harbour of Beirut
• Reduce the emission of greenhouse gases

Integrated Medical Waste Management, Syria

The project assessed the present practices of medical waste management in Syria and identified the quantities and qualities of generated waste through a detailed survey and monitoring program of representative health facilities. It developed an integrated Medical Waste Management Plan that incorporates the national administration and financial mechanisms for launching and sustaining the plan.
Manuals of procedures and practices for the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environment and the municipalities were provided in order to be distributed nationally to medical facilities. Those manuals will include procedures and practices for handling, collection, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of medical waste and provide a comprehensive training program for concerned senior management staff in the private and public sectors.