Months of uncollected garbage and waste are causing a putrid problem in Beirut. Despite filth lining the streets of Lebanon’s capital, the city’s government has made little effort to clean it up.

The issue began in July after one of the city’s primary landfills reached capacity with more than 15 million tons of trash. Stuck in a tight gridlock, the city’s government has yet to allocate any funds or find a new site for a suitable landfill.

With no alternate waste management solutions, residents have been forced to dump everything into the city’s streets.

A bulldozer moves piles of garbage in Karantina, east Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Lebanon has been witnessing a wave of anti-government rallies, sparked by the government's inability to solve an ongoing trash crisis.

((AP Photo/Bilal Hussein))

"The garbage is blocking the streets," college student Petra Radiyeh told NBC News. "You can't drive anymore. You have to change your usual directions."

To make matters worse, in flooded areas throughout Beirut.

The waste crisis has led to several massive organized demonstrations, and the creation of the prolific “You Stink” campaign that calls for government accountability. According to The National, .

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Protests have ranged from peaceful sit-ins at the environment ministry building to .

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has warned residents that the piling garbage poses a significant health risk in the rainy fall season, as wet trash can cause toxic chemicals to leak into both the soil and water supply.

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