WES Press Release - WES to support Lebanese Ministry of Environment for the prevention of industrial pollution

The EU funded Water and Environment Support project (WES) will assist the Ministry of Environment with the improvement and updating of the Emission Limit Values (ELVs) for industrial emissions. It will do so by revising the existing guidelines for a number of industrial sectors and subsectors. With the start of this project on 4 March, WES kicked off its first activity in Lebanon.

The Lebanese Ministry of Environment already issued a set of decisions related to environmental conditions for the establishment and operation of industrial sectors. It drafted a set of guidelines for the food and beverages sector as well as for the construction sector. Currently the Ministry of Environment is working towards developing updated ELVs and in this framework it will receive support of the WES project.