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The 'Bustan' (Orchard) at the Holon Design Museum's new exhibition, The Circle, September 9, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
October 23, 2026, 1:12 am
Exhibit tackles role of design in cutting waste, protecting planet
Design Museum in central Holon encourages visitors to feel part of Earth, consider their consumer choices
By Sue Surkes
A dump in Kafr Manda in northern Israel, whose owner was fined nearly $240,000 by the Environmental Protection Ministry for illegal burning of waste, January 14, 2020. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
July 17, 2026, 9:48 pm
Just before disbanding, Knesset passes long-awaited construction waste law
Law sets rules for waste from building sites through transport, processing, recycling; doesn’t apply to West Bank, where waste dumping is extensive; funding for law is unclear
By Sue Surkes
Installing solar panels on a roof. (Elenathewise, iStock at Getty Images)
June 2, 2023, 8:56 pm
Switch to greener economy could generate 12,000 jobs, new research says
Growth in sectors such as waste recycling, repair services likely to have a particularly positive impact in Israel, according to paper prepared for annual Eli Hurvitz confab
By Sue Surkes
Geraniums growing in Bioplasmar's biodegradable pots. (Zamir Eldar, Paris, February 5, 2017)
March 7, 2023, 2:34 pm
In breakthrough, Israeli firm learns how to control breakdown speed of compost items
Bioplasmar says it can determine how long its biodegradable plant pots will stay firm on the shelves, before disintegrating when planted into the soil, paving way for other uses
By Sue Surkes
An undated photo of glass bottle manufacturing at the Phoenicia factory in Yeruham, southern Israel. (Yoav Weiss, Airovation Technologies)
October 31, 2022, 9:55 pm
Israel’s only glass company will get raw materials from its own CO2 emissions
Start-up Airovation Technologies has developed chemical method to extract soda ash from CO2, which can be reused in glass production process
By Sue Surkes
The unrecognized villages around Ramat Hovav in southern Israel suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby chemical evaporation ponds, December 28, 2017 (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)
January 26, 2022, 11:43 am
Doughnut Economics launches in Israel with call to update priorities, protect Earth
With new Hebrew website, translation of seminal book due in July, group aims to spread word about economic model that seeks to keep people from falling into the hole of deprivation
By Sue Surkes
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