Of 1,176 complaints involving 7,792 bottles in December-January, the highest number came from Jerusalem, followed by Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh

With just 200 or so machines available countrywide to collect beverage containers and issue refunds, Environment Ministry faces bumpy start of big bottle regulations December 1

Following numerous calls to ToI, municipality clarifies that it has removed 200 out of 1,500 cages in run up to new bottle deposit rules coming into effect on December 1

Call follows raids by ministry's Green Police on 59 businesses, triggering fines and legal proceedings