MadeRight is developing sustainable materials using mushrooms for packaging to reduce the environmental impact of plastic

Environmentalists angered by reversal of price hike on single-use utensils and plates, but ultra-Orthodox community views former government's tariff as attack on its way of life

Shas chief Deri welcomes move as fulfillment of election promise; measure, which was motivated by health concerns, has been slammed by ultra-Orthodox as targeting them

A tax on single-use tableware that took a bite out of pollution is seen by ultra-Orthodox as an assault on their community; repealing it became a priority for Haredi parties

With ultra-Orthodox using disproportionate amount of single-use tableware, ministers agree to seek a less costly alternative to reduce single-use plastic

Tel Aviv and Hadera beaches are found to be most polluted out of six tested, likely because they are close to streams, say Tel Aviv University scientists in new study

Numbers point to 'no less than an environmental emergency,'; all dead turtles subjected to autopsy had plastic in digestive tracts

Coalition rallies to support Gila Gamliel's legislation, but falls a vote short after Ra'am chair accidentally votes against; Knesset advances 2 similar bills proposed by coalition

'This is proof that we have plastics in our body -- and we shouldn't,' says ecotoxicologist who took part in Dutch study

Clean Coin app deposits credit for people who collect litter, which can then be exchanged for goods, activities and vacations