it's the brainchild of eddy bitar and his ngo live love beirut.he group spends part of the time jogging and the rest picking up litter. the events draw up to 200 people. many young people in particular are fed up of waiting for the lebanese government to take the initiative. eddy: this is part of the outcome of the crisis that we had a few years ago. we see that people are more and more concerned with all the problems facing the environment in lebanon. and we are very happy to see that all the people, young people, families, youth, are all coming all together in order to remove all the trash. reporter: much of the rubbish that the group picks up was not dropped on the beach, but washed up by the sea. that's because beirut's two largest garbage dumps are located right next to the water. the team spirit is clearly evident as young people from beirut's muslim and christian communities come together in a rare joint project. >>>> there is a lot of pollutin in lebanon. so we could do anything, just so we can help. >> the localal authorities are absent w