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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 plastic bottle cap is removed from the throat of a long-legged buzzard at the Ein Prat Nature Reserve, northeast of Jerusalem, August 6, 2024. (Itamar Telkar)
August 7, 2024, 3:54 pm
Ranger saves life of buzzard with bottle cap stuck in throat
Bird lands next to nature reserve inspector, recovers quickly once the cap is removed; Nature and Parks Authority: ‘Trash harms wildlife, take it home’
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
Screen capture from video of a man approaching an underground garbage bin where he was later found dead, July 9, 2023. (Channel 12. used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 11, 2023, 1:56 pm
Elderly man found dead in underground garbage bin two days after falling in
Incident spotted on CCTV footage, after police were alerted to disappearance of man, 73, who was visiting his mother, 96, in Afula
By ToI Staff
Pile of scrap white goods including fridges and freezers waiting to be recycled. (JohnDWilliams, iStock at Getty Images)
May 8, 2023, 9:48 am
Fridge recycling heats up, but most old appliances still end up in landfills
Lack of regulations or enforcement allows companies to fudge official reports and avoid paying for disposal, with goods still being smuggled to Palestinians for burning
By Sue Surkes
An Israeli man walks a dog near a trashcan installed next to a bus stop that applauds to those who use it, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
October 14, 2021, 2:49 pm
A Jerusalem garbage can thanks you for not littering
Drop a piece of trash into a bin next to a bus stop in the capital’s Pat neighborhood, and a recording of a child’s voice says, ‘Thank you very much!’
By AP
The city of Tel Aviv's newest sanitation truck will receive a new Hebrew name in a contest taking place through March 23, 2021 (Courtesy City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa)
March 21, 2021, 2:42 pm
Public asked to find a name for Tel Aviv’s new garbage truck
Municipality holds contest for latest vehicle to join the city fleet, offering more capacity for trash-happy residents
By Jessica Steinberg
Piles of garbage just where a sign asks people to refrain from littering. (courtesy, Yael Argov)
October 18, 2020, 10:25 pm
Ahead of reopening, Israelis urged to keep nature clean
Beaches and national parks brace for throngs of visitors after the lockdown is eased, but crowds means trash — and it’s the animals that suffer
By Sue Surkes
Cleaning the street alongside the Train Tracks Park between the Baka and Germany Colony neighborhoods. The label says 'Keeping the city clean.' (Screenshot)
May 4, 2020, 6:43 am
New brush sweeps clean: Jerusalem mayor prioritizes municipal makeover
Moshe Lion, in capital’s top job since December 2018, has pushed forward with cleaning the city and erasing its reputation for dirt; the pandemic hasn’t changed that
By Sue Surkes
Anna Sacks on one of her trash walks. (Patricia López Ramos)
December 26, 2019, 4:40 am
‘Trash walking’ Jewish activist urges corporate US to #DonateDon’tDump overstock
28-year-old New Yorker Anna Sacks is mounting a campaign targeting pharmacy CVS to stop the massive chain from discarding useable, sealed items that could help so many in need
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An illustrative photo from the Hiriya landfill site southeast of Tel Aviv. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 9, 2018, 6:24 pm
Man dies after falling into garbage compactor
Preliminary investigation suggests Rehovot death was an accident; victim said to work in waste management for city
By Jacob Magid
Dan Savery Raz
April 15, 2018, 1:36 pm
Dan Savery Raz
At 70, Israel is being poisoned by plastic
How much waste will we avoid if we all eat off reusable plates at our BBQs this Independence Day?
Nathan Bigman
August 14, 2017, 2:51 pm
Nathan Bigman
Jerusalem of bread
On dumpster diving and a profound respect for the staff of life that crosses the divide between Arabs and Jews
Police officers secure the perimeter at the scene of a garbage landslide, as excavators aid rescue efforts, on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, March 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Elias Meseret)
March 12, 2017, 8:10 pm
46 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia garbage dump landslide
City officials warned in recent years that landfill was running out of room, could collapse
By ELIAS MESERET
Discarded food at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, on January 3, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 4, 2016, 10:43 am
Waste not, want not ideal drowns in Israel’s garbage heap
Average Israeli family chucks away thousands of shekels a year in food that is still edible, non-profit says
By Shoshanna Solomon
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