A pile of garbage lies on the bank of the Beirut River as polluted water flows past and into the Mediterranean Sea, in Karantina, east Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, August 17, 2015. Health Minister Wael Abu Faour said Monday, August 17, 2015 that the country is on the brink of a “major health disaster” unless an immediate solution is found for the country's trash. Garbage has been collecting on streets in Lebanon for the past month amid government paralysis and inability to agree on a solution after Beirut's main landfill was closed down. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)

A Lebanese woman covers her nose from the smell as she walks on a street partly covered by piles of garbage in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, July 26, 2015. Protesters have closed the highway linking Beirut with southern Lebanon over the country's trash crisis. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)

A car is seen between a pile of garbage covered with white pesticide in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 23, 2015. The Lebanese cabinet has failed to agree on a solution for the country's growing garbage crisis, postponing discussion until next week as trash piles up on the streets. (Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP Photo)

A pile of garbage blocks a street in east Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, August 17, 2015. Health Minister Wael Abu Faour said Monday that the country is on the brink of a “major health disaster” unless an immediate solution is found for the country's trash. Garbage has been collecting on streets in Lebanon for the past month amid government paralysis and inability to agree on a solution after Beirut's main landfill was closed down. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)

Compressed garbage pile at a dumping site in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, August 3, 2015. As International celebrities and tens of thousands of Lebanese expatriates arrive in Lebanon amid a flood of summer festivals, the country's own citizens suffocate from mountains of festering garbage collecting on Beirut streets, a reflection of the government paralysis and longstanding inability to find a solution for the capital's rubbish. (Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP Photo)

A motorcycle passes by a large pile of garbage blocking a street in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 27, 2015. Protesters have closed the highway linking Beirut with southern Lebanon over the country's trash crisis. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)

Lebanese street cleaners start to collect rubbish from the streets of Beirut a week after protesters shut down the country's largest landfill leaving piles of uncollected trash all over the Lebanese capital on July 26, 2015. Local villagers fed up of living next to the Naameh landfill, the endpoint for waste produced by around half of Lebanon's four million citizens, blocked the entry of the facility preventing any new trash from being dumped, in demand for its closure. (Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP Photo)

Graffiti showing a picture of a rat and reading in Arabic: “Come and taste the goodies” is seen sprayed above piles of rubbish in Beirut on July 28, 2015, as the Lebanese capital and the surrounding region continue to live in a trash crisis after residents living near the country's largest landfill shut it down. Activists and residents of Naameh and surrounding villages are blocking a road leading to the Naameh landfill, preventing trash deliveries to the site. (Photo by Joseph Eid/AFP Photo)

A scavenger sifts through garbage piled on the bank of Beirut river, Lebanon August 24, 2015. Lebanese protest organisers called for a fresh demonstration against the government on Saturday after two days of rallies that turned violent in central Beirut and wounded scores of people. The “You Stink” campaign has mobilised against the government's failure to solve a garbage disposal crisis, bringing thousands of people onto the streets in protests that have threatened the survival of the cabinet. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)

A scavenger sifts through garbage piled near Beirut river, Lebanon August 24, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)

A general view shows a garbage filled area on the edge of Beirut river, Lebanon August 24, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)

A car drives past burning garbage set on fire by residents, in Baabda near Beirut, Lebanon August 24, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)

A general view shows a garbage filled-area on the bank of Beirut river, Lebanon August 24, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)

A man walks past a burnt police vehicle and charred remains of objects set on fire on Sunday by protesters in downtown Beirut, Lebanon August 24, 2015. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

A woman covers her nose as she walks past a burnt police vehicle and charred remains of objects set on fire on Sunday by protesters near Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon August 24, 2015. Lebanese protesters said they had postponed a demonstration set for Monday evening, after rallies a day earlier triggered clashes with security forces in Beirut. Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent on Sunday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

A man crosses a street near a damaged traffic light, a day after protests against the government turned into violent clashes with police, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon August 24, 2015. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

A worker inspects the damage, a day after protests against the government turned into violent clashes with police, near the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon August 24, 2015. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

A woman covers her nose as she passes by waste management workers as they collect a pile of garbage near the government building a day after a violent protests against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, August 24, 2015. Organizers of the “You stink” protests that have captivated the Lebanese capital postponed demonstrations set for Monday evening after a night of violent clashes with police during which dozens of protesters and police officers were wounded. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)