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The ecological disaster that recently covered us with black tar
An interview with Prof. Ofira Ayalon from Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion.
Faster, Higher, Stronger
Israel is not the only place with urban renewal projects, says Professor Rachelle Alterman, Senior Researcher at the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research.
However, she emphasizes, there are not many countries where the law enables condominium owners to decide to demolish and rebuilt by means of a reduced majority.
This is important to overcome “holdout” apartment owners. This rule is crucial in Israel, unlike some other countries, because most of our buildings are in condominium tenure.
This makes the decision-making process more complicated.
The Ministry of Energy claims that methane emissions in Israel are among the lowest in the world. Is it possible?
The Ministry found that the volume of methane, an aggressive greenhouse gas, in Israel is very small – which is inconsistent with data from the world.
A study conducted at the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion found that the global average of emissions from natural gas is 1.7%.
All we need is (more) garbage
The start-up UBQ recycles household waste into plastics, which has already become products at Walmart, Mercedes and McDonald’s.
Prof. Ofira Ayalon, head of the environment cluster at Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion and a faculty member of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management at the University of Haifa, has doubts about the technology: “In each technology there is a mass balance- what goes in has to go out. I don’t know if it goes out into the product or whether it goes out into the air or water”.
For the fourth time in a decade, the Ministry of Environmental Protection presents a plan to manage municipal solid waste
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.
The day after: high taxes on air pollution, high-sugar products and road congestion
Manuel Trajtenberg, Itamar Popliker NULL
Due to the huge debt created by the corona crisis, the next government will have to raise taxes while reforming the tax system.
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg and Itamar Popliker have drafted a such proposal in a new policy paper
Scientists in a call to the prime minister to set targets for zero carbon economy
Ofira Ayalon, Tzipi Eshet
This week, 128 scientists approached the Prime Minister, demanding that the Israeli Government will develop a low-carbon economy.
Among the signatories are Prof. Ofira Ayalon and Dr. Tzipi Eshet of Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion.
Following the huge deficit – Prof. Trajtenberg warns, raising taxes will be inevitable
Manuel Trajtenberg
The senior economist and former member of the Knesset Finance Committee, Prof. Trajtenberg, warns that the government’s largesse has been mostly misguided – a tax reform is badly needed that will raise taxes while improving the lot of small business and low earners.
The print technology that tackles wasteful printing habits
An Israeli company markets innovative technology among large companies and government ministries that reduces the use of paper and affects the environmental organizational culture in the ministries.
“The paper production process requires lots of energy and use of water” says Prof. Ofira Ayalon.
A new plan will reduce waste production in Israel
The Ministries of Economy and Environmental Protection have formulated a national plan to promote circular economy- a concept that aims to leave resources in the cycle of production and consumption for a long period of time, instead of becoming waste. A few months ago, Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion
published the findings of a comprehensive survey that identifies barriers to implement circular economy processes.
