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Illegal burning of electronic waste near Azzoun, northern West Bank, November 24, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
December 29, 2025, 11:54 am
Pirate waste fires choke Israelis and Palestinians as ministers play game of hot potato
Ahead of upcoming elections, lawmakers wake up to citizens’ protests as Environmental and Defense Ministries battle over turf, and as Treasury promises — but doesn’t deliver — funds
By Sue Surkes
A fire lit to burn waste in the West Bank, as seen from the northern Israeli town of Harish, October 2025. (Dolev Hilell)
December 7, 2025, 11:04 pm
Lack of funds to fight waste fires is a ‘death sentence’ for hundreds, group warns
Citizens for Clean Air says state neglecting health of citizens; Environmental Protection Ministry still negotiating with Treasury to obtain funds
By Sue Surkes
Ulfaat, who works in the dismantling department of Ecology for a Protected Community. (Eitan Dotan)
July 27, 2025, 7:26 am
Israelis with disabilities help the environment and themselves at unique recycling hub
Northern Israel’s Ecology for a Protected Community sorts and repurposes electronic waste while mostly employing workers with special needs, many of whom go on to jobs at top-tier companies
By Sue Surkes
A waste dump visited by Environment Protection Ministry inspectors, June 2023. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
August 7, 2024, 4:11 pm
Court allows electronic waste corporation to continue working for time being
District Court rules Ecommunity can continue serving 125 local authorities until hearing is held on Environment Ministry’s sudden decision to withdraw recognition
By Sue Surkes
A waste dump visited by Environment Protection Ministry inspectors, June 2023. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
July 24, 2024, 10:22 pm
Councils, companies left without e-waste recycling as ministry cuts firm’s contract
Environmental Protection Ministry make sudden decision to withdraw backing for Ecommunity, one of two corporations dealing with electronic trash
By Sue Surkes
A waste dump visited by Environment Protection Ministry inspectors, June 2023. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
June 18, 2023, 11:12 pm
Ministry finds most electronic waste treatment sites are violating environment laws
Inspection follows March warning to scrapyards that they could face $180,000 fines if found to be working without the necessary equipment and facilities to minimize pollution
By Sue Surkes
Smartphone waste. (MikroLogika, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
October 31, 2022, 4:00 pm
Israeli-made vending machine offers easy sale, trade and recycling of used phones
RE-Refurbished Smartphones Revolution provides a one-stop shop to reduce e-waste, production energy, natural resource depletion and mining-related damage
By Sue Surkes
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