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Deposit Law

A man sorting bottles for recycling in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, February 1, 2022. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90
February 6, 2022, 3:19 pm
Over 1,000 Israelis complain about stores refusing to comply with bottle deposit law
Of 1,176 complaints involving 7,792 bottles in December-January, the highest number came from Jerusalem, followed by Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh
By Sue Surkes
Putting used cans and bottles into an automated compression machine that delivers a voucher to return deposits paid in advance. (Screenshot Tomra Group)
October 18, 2020, 9:20 pm
Environment minister extends deposit law to bottles of up to 5 liters
Despite opposition of drinks companies, ultra-Orthodox, Gila Gamliel announces change to law as ‘win-win for environment, society, economy’; to save public NIS 60 million per year
By Sue Surkes
Putting used cans and bottles into an automated compression machine that delivers a voucher to return deposits paid in advance. (Screenshot Tomra Group)
September 14, 2020, 5:37 pm
Environment minister demonstrates future of bottle recycling
Telling Knesset committee she wants a solution that satisfies all, Gila Gamliel shows clip of machine that compresses bottles and cans, and issues refund voucher
By Sue Surkes
A woman throws a bottle into a recycling bin in Jerusalem. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 14, 2020, 6:34 am
Activists push minister to apply deposit law to large bottles as deadline nears
Environmentalists and 15 mayors say longstanding exemption for bottles over 1.5 liters hampers recycling efforts and costs millions of shekels each year
By Sue Surkes
African migrants and their supporters demonstrate in Jerusalem on April 4, 2018, against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cancellation of an agreement with the UN aimed at avoiding forced deportations. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
April 23, 2020, 7:56 pm
In victory for asylum seekers, High Court repeals law taking 20% of their pay
Justices say requirement to put portion of salaries in special fund that workers can only access if they leave Israel is illegal, infringes their property rights
By Jacob Magid
African migrants take part in a protest in Tel Aviv on June 10, 2017,against the 'Deposit Law,' which requires them to deposit 20% of their salary in a fund which they can only take back after they leave the country. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 21, 2019, 2:37 pm
State Dept. urges Israel to repeal law it says increases migrants’ vulnerability
2017 Deposit Law, which withholds 20% of paychecks until workers leave the country, has made asylum seekers more susceptible to trafficking and pushed some to prostitution
By ToI Staff
Eritrean migrant Russom Weldu Weldeslasie works at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 8, 2018. (Caron Creighton/AP)
May 26, 2019, 8:12 pm
Estimated NIS 700 million missing in ‘Deposit Law’ funding for asylum seekers
Widespread abuse of 2017 legislation requiring employers to deposit 20% of paychecks sees asylum seekers struggling to make ends meet, unable to withdraw funds when leaving country
By Melanie Lidman
Eritrean migrant Ghrmay Negassi works at a barbershop in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 8, 2018. (Caron Creighton/AP)
August 15, 2018, 9:14 pm
African migrants reel as Israeli law cuts into their salaries
‘Deposit’ regulation requires that 20% of asylum seekers’ wages be paid into an account that can only be redeemed when they leave the country
By CARON CREIGHTON
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