7. Al-Khatib, I., and Abu Safieh, R. Solid Waste Management in Emergency: A Case Study from Ramallah and Al-Bireh Municipalities. Birzeit: BZUICPH ,2003: 6pp.

This brief study discusses the problems of solid waste management in Ramallah and Al-Bireh municipalities where there is currently no sanitary landfill site available since the closure of Al-Bireh landfill site by Israeli occupation forces in 2000. The case of closing the largest landfill site of Al-Bireh, and imposing restrictions on finding a suitable alternative for the overloaded landfill of Ramallah is one example among many that demonstrates the deliberate targeting of the Palestinian infrastructure. This situation has resulted in the spread of garbage in the streets in addition to many randomly distributed dumpsites in residential areas, threatening the environmental health of the Palestinian population. The effect of these actions has threatened the public health of nearly 100,000 people living in this one urban area of occupied Palestine.