Trash

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

Reportedly, the Palestinians lack sufficient local landfill capacity, and according to an existing arrangement, they are supposed to use trucks to transport their trash to designated locations.

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

 A view of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China's southern Hunan province May 10, 2004.

China pulls decade of rubbish from park that inspired sci-fi film 'Avatar'

A woman covers her nose as she walks past a pile of rubbish as refuse workers strike over job losses in Birmingham, Britain September 12, 2017.

Cat-sized rats plague Britain's second largest city as 17,000 tonnes of trash pile in streets


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