MOREP

The Movement Of Reform and Environment Program (MOREP) is a Lebanese political movement organization that was progressively launched through the last decade concerning plans of reform and environment program. This environment organization movement based in Lebanon is in the way of expanding environmental issues progressively wherever it is threatening the mankind since environment could not be separated from country to another.

Early initiation and activities

It was initiated originally in Bsharri district, and expended through the Lebanon to save the environment. MOREP president HH Doctor Sheikh Majid Abi Saab demonstrated his commitment to the Lebanese population to protect environment and to elaborate political reform plan. In the year 2005, MOREP became a leading political reformist movement concerning environment, juridical, economical, and cultural movement. MOREP participated in the Cedar Revolution with pacific thought and peace.

Environmental concerns

MOREP considers the environment as mankind property supported by a jurisdiction of the Council of State of Lebanon in 2002 after 2 years of juridical debates. It was requested by MOREPISTS activists in 1999 to save the environment. Medical Waste methods of identification and segregation was elaborated, pushing the medical sector for their participations for realable handling, recycling, incineration depending on medical waste subdivisions.(see table-1).

Compains concerning methods of making biofuel in villages, Lebanese Cedars plantations and sorting out office and kitchen waste were made during appropriate dates. Studies of Vegetable Fossils in Lebanon by the French researcher Professor Georges Barale and Dr Edouard Makhoul were supported by MOREP President Sheikh Majid Abi-Saab.

Air pollution and Mediterraean sea pollution are some of the hard concerns of MOREP during the last 2 years pushing the public sector and municipalities to find plan adopted from MOREP environment reform to reduce pollution specially from industries.

Another environmental concern is the Arabian/Persian Gulf sea pollution from oil discharge due to the past gulf war. This Gulf is part of deep sea ecosystem which interact together with the ocean. MOREP principles and charts push the public opinion to support that deep sea ecosystem is the property of mankind environment independent of any state jurisdiction.

Table-1 Methods of Identification and Segregation of Medical Waste

Identification of Medical WASTE	Methods of segregation
Infectious waste	Rotoclave
Cytotoxic and Genotoxic	Incineration
Chemical	Recycle
Radiological	Buried after appropriate decay
Expired Medication	To pharmaceutical Company for disposal
Contaminated and Unused Sharps	Rotoclave then recycling
Blood Bank expired units	to Sluice
Cardboard Boxes	Recycle station
Pathological waste	According to bylaws, recommand Rotoclave then incineration
Heavy metals	Special Handling, send to specialized official center.

The Morepists Press

During the year 2006 MOREP launched an editorial line for Morepists, a pacific way of negotiation opened for the Lebanese to publish their idea concerning reform planning after the Lebanese war. Some of reform plans were discussed for changes proposal.

The Corporate Social Responsibility

To control and prevent corruption the MOREP president suggested the implementation of the so-called Corporate Social Responsibility .

The project assists the integration of social and environmental concerns in business corporation and in corporate interaction with government, trade unions, business associations, and communities on voluntary basis to fight corruption and to promote economic growth.

External links

• The Morepists Press
• MOREP News
• Cedars forest in Abi Saab Valley