RES-Q an ongoing project on municipal solid waste management program for the protection of the Saniq river basin in southern Lebanon

Aiman Rashid; Kassem Aleik; Zeinab Alloush; Nathalie Awada; Mohammad Baraki; Marco Bardus; Rabih Chaar; Bilal Chehade; Batoul Fakih; Laura Maria Foddis; Chiara Garau; Rana Hajjar; Reem Khattar; May Massoud; Michel Mockbel; Ali Mohammad; Augusto Montisci

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87010-2_40

RES-Q an ongoing project on municipal solid waste management program for the protection of the Saniq river basin in southern Lebanon

Aiman Rashid, Kassem Aleik, Zeinab Alloush, Nathalie Awada, Mohammad Baraki, Marco Bardus, Rabih Chaar, Bilal Chehade, Batoul Fakih, Laura Maria Foddis, Chiara Garau, Rana Hajjar, Reem Khattar, May Massoud, Michel Mockbel, Ali Mohammad, Augusto Montisci^*

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Abstract

Lebanon is currently facing an unprecedented mix of social, economic, and political crises, which exacerbate many public health and environmental health problems. Among these, solid waste management (SWM) is considered one of the biggest challenges that Lebanon has been facing for the past two decades. In the absence of national guidelines and ministerial action, SWM is a responsibility of local municipalities. In this paper, we describe the development of a technology-based Waste Management System (WMS) in an area of 43 villages in southern Lebanon. The project is inspired to the paradigms of circular economy and smart cities, and it aims to define affordable and efficient strategies to address SWM. The driving factor in defining the strategies is economic and environmental sustainability, as Lebanon imports most of its resources in hard currency, which is becoming less and less available. The lessons learned from this project can be transposed in other areas and countries with limited financial resources, representing an important paradigm for the WMSs in many areas of the world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021
Subtitle of host publication	21st International Conference, Cagliari, Italy, September 13–16, 2021, Proceedings, Part VIII
Editors	Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Sanjay Misra, Chiara Garau, Ivan Blečić, David Taniar, Bernady O. Apduhan, Ana Maria Rocha, Eufemia Tarantino, Carmelo Maria Torre
Publisher	Springer
Pages	536-550
Number of pages	15
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030870102
ISBN (Print)	9783030870096
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87010-2_40
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2021
Event	21st International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 13 Sept 2021 → 16 Sept 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12956 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	21st International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	13/09/21 → 16/09/21

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. This project is funded by the European Commission under the umbrella of the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) for the period 2014–2020 (“Complementary support to the development of waste management schemes” Ref. EuropeAid/155108/DD/ACT/LB).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Circular economy
ICT
IoT
Lebanon
Smart governance
Sustainability
Waste management

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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1 Article

Predicting the intention to sort waste at home in rural communities in Lebanon: an application of the theory of planned behaviour
Bardus, M. & Massoud, M., 31 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 15, 18 p., 9383.
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1 Consultancy
1 Conference, workshop or symposium
1 Guest lecture or Invited talk

Developing a pilot community-based social marketing intervention promoting sorting waste at home for the RESQ Project: “Don’t waste your waste”
Lamia Ghernati (Presenter), Dana Matbouli (Contributor), Reem El Helou (Presenter), Marco Bardus (Contributor) & May Massoud (Contributor)
5 Sept 2022
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Community-based Social Marketing (CBSM)
Marco Bardus (Organiser)
16 Jul 2020 → 17 Jul 2020
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Guest lecture or Invited talk
A formative survey of citizens’ knowledge, beliefs and behaviours related to solid waste segregation at source in the South of Lebanon
Marco Bardus (Consultant) & May Massoud (Consultant)
1 Jun 2018 → 31 Dec 2022
Activity: Consultancy, CPD, training and secondments › Consultancy

ProMARE Grant - Delegation of the EU in Lebanon
Massoud, May (Recipient) & Bardus, Marco (Recipient), May 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

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Rashid, A., Aleik, K., Alloush, Z., Awada, N., Baraki, M., Bardus, M., Chaar, R., Chehade, B., Fakih, B., Foddis, L. M., Garau, C., Hajjar, R., Khattar, R., Massoud, M., Mockbel, M., Mohammad, A., & Montisci, A. (2021). RES-Q an ongoing project on municipal solid waste management program for the protection of the Saniq river basin in southern Lebanon. In O. Gervasi, B. Murgante, S. Misra, C. Garau, I. Blečić, D. Taniar, B. O. Apduhan, A. M. Rocha, E. Tarantino, & C. M. Torre (Eds.), Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021: 21st International Conference, Cagliari, Italy, September 13–16, 2021, Proceedings, Part VIII (1 ed., pp. 536-550). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12956 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87010-2_40

Rashid, Aiman ; Aleik, Kassem ; Alloush, Zeinab et al. / RES-Q an ongoing project on municipal solid waste management program for the protection of the Saniq river basin in southern Lebanon. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021: 21st International Conference, Cagliari, Italy, September 13–16, 2021, Proceedings, Part VIII. editor / Osvaldo Gervasi ; Beniamino Murgante ; Sanjay Misra ; Chiara Garau ; Ivan Blečić ; David Taniar ; Bernady O. Apduhan ; Ana Maria Rocha ; Eufemia Tarantino ; Carmelo Maria Torre. 1. ed. Springer, 2021. pp. 536-550 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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RES-Q an ongoing project on municipal solid waste management program for the protection of the Saniq river basin in southern Lebanon

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

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Research output

Predicting the intention to sort waste at home in rural communities in Lebanon: an application of the theory of planned behaviour

Activities

Developing a pilot community-based social marketing intervention promoting sorting waste at home for the RESQ Project: “Don’t waste your waste”

Community-based Social Marketing (CBSM)

A formative survey of citizens’ knowledge, beliefs and behaviours related to solid waste segregation at source in the South of Lebanon

Prizes

ProMARE Grant - Delegation of the EU in Lebanon

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