The Koura district in North Lebanon is home to 88,000 Lebanese, and 15,000 refugees. The lack of a sustainable waste management system in Koura has fueled tension between host and refugee communities. In response, the USAID-funded Community Support Program (CSP) in Lebanon developed a sustainable recyclables recovery model for the Bechmizzine Material Recovery Facility (BMRF), which included rehabilitating the facility and providing it with a backup generator and necessary equipment to expand its capacity for receiving, processing, and selling recyclables. Barsa, one of the 18 benefiting communities, capitalized on USAID’s assistance to further improve sorting from source at the municipal level. In July 2024, the municipality expanded CSP’s intervention by contributing additional 174 additional recyclable plastic bins (70-liter capacity) across village households. The municipality, headed by the Qaimaqam, worked with CSP team to launch a new social media awareness raising campaign on sorting at source. “The residents expressed their appreciation of the municipal initiative. We expect that the amount of recyclables substantially increases with the beginning of the fall season, as residents return to the village after summer vacation”, said Mrs. Rima Khouri, the treasurer from Barsa municipality.