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Of that, 52.5 percent is organic, while 36.5 percent consists of recyclables like glass, plastics, metal, and paper.[8] According to researchers at the American University of Beirut, only 10-12 percent of Lebanons waste cannot be composted or recycled.[9] Although waste collection approaches 100 percent, only around 8 percent of waste is recycled and another 15 percent composted.[10] Instead, 77 percent of the waste in Lebanon is either openly dumped or landfilled.[11] As of 2005, about 410,000 tons of municipal solid waste were being dumped in the environment every year including medical, industrial, and slaughterhouse waste comingled with the municipal waste stream.[12] Meanwhile, the Ministry of Environment estimated in 2010 that the cost of environmental degradation from dumping and burning was estimated to be US$10 million per year, and rising.[13] Even in Beirut, opportunities for recycling are scarce, and often depend on private companies or NGO initiatives.[14] Meanwhile, rapid urbanization, rising consumption, and a lack of environmental awareness are leading to an increase in waste generation, according to the Ministry of Environments report.[15] Open Burning Open burning is a direct result of the Lebanese governments mismanagement of its solid waste
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Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe said she was motivated by what she called racist tactics by tobacco companies, which she said have targeted minority communities for decades with menthol cigarettes
