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Various of man smashing old computer hard drive\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Man leaving smashing enclosure, smiling\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Man putting on his boiler suit\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Various of Kasser organiser, Maria Dolores Gebrael, helping man get ready\u003cbr/\u003e              5. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Dolores Gebrael, Kasser organiser:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Kasser means break stuff and the idea behind it is de-stressing and since we're in Lebanon and we have a garbage crisis, we cannot just leave all of this behind us. So we try to mix it with recycling and everything that is smashed goes back to recycling, which is the good thing about it. Us, as Kasser, we just smash, sort the breakables and then recycling companies come and pick them up.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Various of man putting on his boiler suit, helmet and gloves\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Various of man signing disclaimer forms\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Various of man inside smashing enclosure\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Friends of man filming him on mobile phone\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Tracking of man leaving enclosure and walking into another\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Man smashing ceramic shower base\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Close of smashed ceramics\u003cbr/\u003e              13. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Dolores Gebrael, Kasser organiser:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Everything that is smashed goes back to recycling so Beeatouna (electronic recycling) take care of all the waste. The ceramics get crushed and then it gets used again in construction. The electronics they take away some parts and then the plastic they just take elsewhere where it gets recycled as well and glass, we give it to glassblowers. So yeah, it's good to hear that (pointing to noise of smashing).\"\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Woman raising her mallet, ready to smash\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Woman entering enclosure and smashing ceramics\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Woman watching on, laughing\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Friends smashing things\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Friends leaving smashing enclosures\u003cbr/\u003e              19. SOUNDBITE (English) Nisrine AbouChacra (left) and Sims Witherspoon (right), Kasser participants:\u003cbr/\u003e              AbouChacra: \"It felt good, because you don't usually get to do these things at all, you don't break things for the sake of breaking things.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Witherspoon: \"You get an incredible rush of adrenaline just to know that you can physically take out as much power and energy as you could have in your body on just like something, you know, that wasn't anything that you're actually going to damage or harm. I mean obviously you're damaging something, but it's for recycling and it felt like power directed towards a positive thing but in a way that felt cathartic and made me feel really strong.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              20. AbouChacra smashing ceramic shower base\u003cbr/\u003e              21. AbouChacra leaving enclosure\u003cbr/\u003e              22. SOUNDBITE (English) Nisrine AbouChacra, Kasser participant:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We live in a country where you realise that there are people that, your government, or your country doesn't care about what's going on and the environment, your land and everything as well as our health and our sanity. So it's really nice to see that there are people who are trying, actively trying to do these things, for the country, for us, and at the same time you see the sense of community.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              23. AbouChacra and Witherspoon throwing glass bottles at a wall\u003cbr/\u003e              24. GoPro low shot of glass bottles being smashed\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Various of man smashing ceramic base\u003cbr/\u003e              26. Workers moving another ceramic base into the enclosure\u003cbr/\u003e              27. Various of men loading smashed ceramics into bags\u003cbr/\u003e              28. Men waiting to move items into smashing room\u003cbr/\u003e              29. Ceramic shower base and models\u003cbr/\u003e              30. Various of old computer screens and hard drives waiting to be smashed\u003cbr/\u003e              31. Pile of smashed computers\u003cbr/\u003e              32. Various of man lining up glass bottles\u003cbr/\u003e              33. Man smashing bottles\u003cbr/\u003e              34. Man leaving enclosure \u003cbr/\u003e              35. Sign reading 'Recycle'\u003cbr/\u003e              36. Various of DJ\u003cbr/\u003e              37. Tilt up of bats used to smash things\u003cbr/\u003e              38. Various of participants smashing old broken electronics\u003cbr/\u003e              39. GoPro footage of man smashing old light\u003cbr/\u003e              LEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              Beirutis are being invited to let go of their aggression by smashing up e-waste - all in the name of recycling. \u003cbr/\u003e              It's an innovative way to tackle Lebanon's waste crisis with no government-led solution in sight. \u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE\u003cbr/\u003e              This man is letting off steam. \u003cbr/\u003e              What was once a computer hard drive is now nothing but broken plastic on the floor.\u003cbr/\u003e              But far from being an example of irresponsible extravagance, this smash club is the latest method Beirutis are turning to in an effort to solve Lebanon's trash crisis. \u003cbr/\u003e              They're attending the third 'Kasser' (meaning to break/smash in Arabic) event in the city's semi-industrial neighbourhood, Karantina.\u003cbr/\u003e              It's one of Beirut's most polluted areas, close to the port and near to a waste disposal and treatment centre.\u003cbr/\u003e              Ceramics, old computers, TV, plastics and glass are all being smashed beyond recognition. And then recycled. \u003cbr/\u003e              Maria Dolores Gebrael started-up Kasser, holding their first event in December, in response to the problem of mounting e-waste and little thought about what to do with it. \u003cbr/\u003e              Gebrael says in the weeks leading up to the event shes goes to different stores, places, anywhere she can, asking for any broken or non-repairable goods.\u003cbr/\u003e              Only e-waste which can not be repaired is used during Kasser.\u003cbr/\u003e              Few issues have driven a wedge between the Lebanese and their leaders like garbage - the most conspicuous of the government's failings to provide basic services to its constituents.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Kasser means break stuff and the idea behind it is de-stressing and since we're in Lebanon, and we have a garbage crisis, we can not just leave all of this behind us,\" Gebrael explains.  \u003cbr/\u003e              \"So we try to mix it with recycling and everything that is smashed goes back to recycling, which is the good thing about it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              All participants have to abide by strict rules to ensure their safety.\u003cbr/\u003e              Every person wears a boiler suit, helmet, gloves and signs a disclosure form before they're allowed into the smashing enclosures.\u003cbr/\u003e              Gebrael explains that they \"smash\" and \"sort the breakables\" which are then picked up by recycling companies.\u003cbr/\u003e              Beeatouna is one such initiative which recycles electronic waste.\u003cbr/\u003e              Many green initiatives have sprung up in response to the lack of a recycling plan in the country.\u003cbr/\u003e              These have included organised events to pick up trash on the beach, recycling collection points and melting down broken glass and reshaping the liquid into glassware and lights. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"The ceramics get smashed and used again in construction, the electronics they take away some parts and the plastic they take elsewhere where it gets recycled elsewhere and glass, we give it to glassblowers,\" Gebrael says.\u003cbr/\u003e              She reckons around one hundred people will attend today's event.\u003cbr/\u003e              Pointing to the noise of smashing behind her she adds: \"It's good to hear that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Lebanon has long been plagued by daily water and electricity outages, but it was not until the trash started going uncollected in Beirut that despair erupted into a wave of protests in 2015.\u003cbr/\u003e              Demonstrators rallied under the banner \"You Stink\" - a reference not only to the stench accompanying the summer heat, but to the corruption and favouritism that has defined politics and paralysed administrative services in the country.\u003cbr/\u003e              It's left many Lebanese people angry.\u003cbr/\u003e              Sims Witherspoon says she felt \"cathartic power\" when presented with the opportunity to smash whatever she liked. \u003cbr/\u003e              But her friend Nisrine AbouChacra says it's as much about being part of a community calling for change, than simply unleashing her frustrations.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We live in a country where you realise that there are people that, your government, or your country doesn't care about what's going on and the environment, your land and everything as well as our health and your sanity, so it's really nice to see that there are people who are trying, actively trying to do these things, for our country, for us, and at the same time you see the sense of community.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              But it wouldn't be Lebanon without a party.\u003cbr/\u003e              DJs play over the noise and the event promises to keep smashing until 2am. \u003cbr/\u003e              A steady stream of people continue to pass through the doors, ready to de-stress.\u003cbr/\u003e              And with 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