KUWAIT: Residents
around Kuwait continue to complain about huge amounts of trash in front of
their buildings. Photos showing piles of trash on sidewalks and garbage containers
spilling over with trash are shared every day on social media in Kuwait.

Kuwait Times
toured Salmiya (Blocks 2,3,6, and 7) and Salwa (Blocks 2,5, and 6) and Kuwait
City yesterday, and found out that most of the piled up garbage was in residential
areas. Meanwhile, most bins and streets in commercial areas were noticeably
clean. Kuwait Times has been receiving complaints about trash not being picked
up for days in areas including Salwa, Salmiya, Khaitan, Mahboula, and Hawally.

While Kuwait Municipality
says that the problem is being resolved gradually, the issue remains until a
new company it recently hired to handle waste removal takes over from the old
company whose contract expired recently. A municipality employee told Kuwait
Times earlier this week that the hand over process should finish 'within days.'

By Faten Omar