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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

recycling

An employee holds a poster bearing portraits of (From L) North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with a slogan which reads in French "Don't forget to sort the waste" after removing it from a city bus in Béziers, southern France on January 9, 2025. (Sylvain Thomas/AFP)
January 10, 2025, 3:16 am
French mayor scraps recycling ads showing Iran’s Khamenei
Tehran had blasted ‘offensive’ poster of supreme leader alongside Putin and North Korea’s Kim, under the slogan ‘don’t forget to sort the trash’
By AFP
Israelis shop at a Rami Levy supermarket in Modiin on July 21, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
January 1, 2025, 3:07 pm
Consumer body accuses Rami Levy supermarkets of violating bottle deposit law
Israel Consumer Council seeks court backing for class action lawsuit after receiving over 1,000 complaints about difficulties returning recyclables, getting refunds for deposits
By Sue Surkes
Agricultural waste. (Matauw, iStock by Getty Images)
December 5, 2024, 10:22 am
Israel to get 1st facility to recycle organic waste, produce gas and fertilizer
Discount Bank, environment ministry to fund plant near Gaza border that will use sealed containers of microbes to break down 200 tons of household and agricultural waste annually
By Sue Surkes
Children take part in recycling and the environmental activities in southern Tel Aviv, November 28, 2024 (Photo by Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
December 4, 2024, 3:06 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 4: Day 425 – Committee pushes through weak climate bill
Arab affairs correspondent Gianluca Pacchiani discusses Lebanese Shiites and Syrian rebels; environment reporter Sue Surkes reviews a watered-down climate bill and recycled textiles
By ToI Staff
A textile dump at Old Fadama in Accra, Ghana, October 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
November 26, 2024, 6:55 pm
Most used clothes deposited in textile recycling bins end up in Africa — report
Greenpeace Israel used GPS tags to track journeys of 24 discarded garments. Eleven joined billions of items dumped in developing countries. None were made into new clothes
By Sue Surkes
Tomer Aharon, chief operating officer of Batte-Re, with the black powder that is created at the end of the lithium battery recycling process (Aviv Lavie)
November 14, 2024, 11:36 am
Pioneering Israeli company is recycling electric vehicles’ lithium batteries
Electric cars offer a green solution but come with batteries packed with toxic materials; a new lithium battery recycling plant in southern Israel aims to address this problem
By Aviv Lavie
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
The Masuah compost site and Tovlan landfill site in the Jordan Valley. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
January 1, 2024, 1:14 am
Police, Environment Ministry raid recycling company suspected of fraud
In second recycling-related bust this month, investigation at Veridis alleges that company buried waste instead of turning it into compost and lied to government about it
By Sue Surkes
Vehicles seized as part of a police raid on a beverage company owner suspected of fraud. (Israel Police spokesperson)
December 19, 2023, 4:13 pm
Head of large beverage firm suspected of recycling fraud worth hundreds of millions
After months-long undercover probe, authorities announce arrest of businessperson, allegedly linked to northern crime mob, who lied about recycling that never took place
By Sue Surkes
Israeli startup MadeRight develops fungi-based alternative fossil-derived plastic packaging. (Courtesy)
August 24, 2023, 6:43 pm
Israeli startup pulls in $2 million to use fungi for eco-friendly plastic packaging
MadeRight is developing sustainable materials using mushrooms for packaging to reduce the environmental impact of plastic
By Sharon Wrobel
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend a Mimouna event in Hadera on April 12, 2023. (Rami Shllush/POOL)
April 13, 2023, 1:48 pm
Daily Briefing April 13: Passover ends with protests against the premier at Mimouna
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses Netanyahu’s relationships with his defense ministers; as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at talking plants and recycling
By ToI Staff
Special receptacles for old or damaged lithium-ion batteries to be distributed around Israel. (Courtesy, Israel Electronics Recycling Corporation)
March 16, 2023, 6:49 am
Israeli company to start collecting lithium-ion batteries for recycling
Electronics Recycling Corporation rolling out containers in Jerusalem, Rishon Lezion for batteries from bikes and scooters — but not cars — which will be recycled in Europe
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
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