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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 572

waste management

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
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
Illustrative: Solid waste is sorted and separated at a facility next to the Hiriya Landfilll near Tel Aviv on November 11, 2008. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
September 22, 2024, 7:36 pm
Finance Ministry proposes creating independent authority to manage waste treatment
Following years of failure to significantly reduce amount of trash sent to landfill, ministry suggests new body to bring Israel up to OECD standard
By Sue Surkes
Heavy smoke rises from a large tank belonging to the Europe Asia Pipeline Company, after being hit by a rocket on May 12, 2021, near Ashkelon. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
December 12, 2023, 9:06 pm
Think tank: Give state environmental bodies more power and funds during war
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies warns decision makers of need to better prepare for potential disasters such as oil spills, damage to fuel tanks, emission of toxic materials
By Sue Surkes
A home destroyed by Hamas terrorists on October 7 in southern Israel's Kibbutz Kfar Aza is seen on October 15, 2023. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
December 10, 2023, 10:22 am
Turn Gaza border area into model of sustainable development, green organization urges
Advocacy group Adam Teva V’Din presents roadmap for rebuilding more greenly, as government set to approve framework for 5-year plan to rehabilitate southern border communities
By Sue Surkes
UBQ Materials has developed a technology that takes unsorted household waste -- from banana peels to dirty diapers to used yogurt containers and cardboard -- and converts it into a bio-based thermoplastic -- a plastic substitute (Courtesy)
September 13, 2023, 3:02 pm
Cleantech startup that converts waste into eco-friendly plastic nabs $70 million
UBQ develops thermoplastic materials from household trash to make products such as trays for McDonald’s and automotive parts for Daimler; funding to support Europe, US footprint
By Sharon Wrobel
One of 12 vehicles seized by the Environmental Protection Ministry's Green Police and the Tel Aviv District fraud unit on suspicion that they were used for the illegal dumping of building waste in Ramat Hasharon, central Israel, August 8, 2023 (Green Police)
August 8, 2023, 5:29 pm
Municipal workers suspected of taking bribes to allow illegal waste dumps
Four suspects from Ramat Hasharon and Taibe taken for questioning by fraud detectives, with further arrests said possible
By Sue Surkes
Alison McLernon of WeFill. (Tamara Schipper)
June 20, 2023, 10:47 pm
Zero-waste company delivers dry groceries without throwaway packaging
WeFill is the brainchild of Northern Ireland-born Alison McLernon, who says she wants to help Israelis reduce their waste without wasting time seeking package-less products
By Sue Surkes
A traffic jam at the entrance to a gas station in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
May 31, 2023, 6:52 pm
OECD slaps Israel with poor marks on environmental performance in new report
Country behind on climate targets, has increased subsidies for fossil fuels, has the lowest level of renewable energy in 38-member club, highest rate of threatened native mammals
By Sue Surkes
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
In this March 13, 2018 photo, a tractor works at a landfill near the UBQ factory in Kibbutz Tzeelim in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 24, 2023, 8:49 pm
Environment minister succeeds in keeping waste management fund in her office
Interior Ministry backs off effort to gain control of the reserve, which it argued would lead to improved synchronization between the fund and local authorities
By ToI Staff
Cranes lift waste, mostly plastic and paper at the GreenNet recycling plant in Atarot industrial zone, north of Jerusalem, January 25, 2023. (Oded Balilty/AP)
February 20, 2023, 6:56 pm
Ministries of environment, interior squabble over multi-billion-shekel waste fund
Interior Ministry says takeover of fund for waste management was part of coalition deal; Environment Ministry insists bid not based on any professional considerations
By Sue Surkes
Women protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on February 20, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 20, 2023, 1:37 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 20: Fateful day at Knesset as judicial overhaul set for 1st vote
Editor David Horovitz speaks ahead of landmark reading of bill that shifts judicial appointments; environment reporter Sue Surkes on stinky garbage grab by Interior Ministry
By ToI Staff
An orange bin for recycling containers and wrappers appears next to a paper recycling container (center) and a bin for glass, at Hatulot Square in downtown Jerusalem, on November 27, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 28, 2022, 11:43 pm
Jerusalem gets bins for recyclable containers and wrappers, after years of delay
Director of separate city recycling plant says municipality will have to pay his company compensation, as it will now receive less material to sell for recycling
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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