The Ministry’s plan was designed to increase waste recycling, by separating it into three bins.
To implement it will require government investment, a new dedicated law and the cooperation of local authorities that oppose the Ministry’s proposals.
Prof. Ofira Ayalon from Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion and her colleague, Dr. Shira Daskal, recently analyzed the barriers to the management of municipal waste in Israel and presented the causes for previous failures.