Trash

UN begins clearing wartime landfill burying Gaza City market

Alessandro Mrakic, head of the UNDP Gaza Office, estimated the volume of the dump to be more than 300,000 cubic meters (390,000 cubic yards) and 13 meters (14 yards) high.

PALESTINIANS WALK near a landfill, in Gaza City, February 11, 2026.
 Fire at illegal trash dumping ground caused dangerous air pollution level in Binyamin region of the West Bank on August 7, 2023.

Trash burning in Palestinian towns poses severe health risk to nearby Israelis, local leaders claim

 Fire at illegal trash dumping ground caused dangerous air pollution level in Binyamin region of the West Bank, on August 7, 2023.

Katz says Palestinian trash burning nat'l security threat, okays rules for confiscating vehicles

 Fire at illegal trash dumping ground caused dangerous air pollution level in Binyamin region of the West Bank, on August 7, 2023.

Palestinian trash burning is a national security threat, ministers Katz, Smotrich declare


Trash burning in West Bank is polluting the environment

“The negligence of the environment in Judea and Samaria is causing tremendous damage to the residents. The only solution is increased enforcement and better future planning,” Gilad Ach of GEF said.

The Green Israel Forum records incidents of trash burning in the West Bank.

From money bags to trash bags, Jewish activist works to reduce waste

Formerly an investment banker, 28-year-old Anna Sacks left her job and began her "Trash Walks."

Garbage dumped in the Old City

Goodbye organic garbage...

Over the past decade, an increasing number of composters have been springing up in public parks, building courtyards, and private homes in Jerusalem.

Compost heap (INGIMAGE)

Barkat: throw out your ego along with our trash

Mayor Barkat, you’ve done many good things for this city during your tenure as mayor. All those positives, however, have been overshadowed by what you’ve failed to do in other areas

GARBAGE PILES up outside Mahaneh Yehuda in Jerusalem yesterday. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)

Barkat: With no budget, we’re going to emergency mode

The Jerusalem mayor blamed the fianance minister,and said that the municipality is ready to fire 2,150 employees.

Nir Barkat, the mayor of Jerusalem, speaks during his interview with Reuters in his office at the Jerusalem Municipality April 24, 2017

Once again: garbage in the streets of Jerusalem

Garbage is piling up in the Holy City, and everyone is pointing fingers.

A ‘garbage mountain’ at the Mahaneh Yehuda shuk, a result of the municipal strike in January 2017.

Occupation pollutes: Israel uses the West Bank to treat toxic waste

A PALESTINIAN collects garbage in the West Bank.

Climate Change is everyone’s business

The Jerusalem Post

Israeli high-tech plant now consumes all of Jerusalem's garbage

A sizeable chunk of the city's waste comes from disposable diapers used by large religious families.

Greennet waste facility