Despite opposition of drinks companies, ultra-Othodox, Gila Gamliel announces change to law as 'win-win for environment, society, economy'; to save public NIS 60 million per year

Telling Knesset committee she wants a solution that satisfies all, Gila Gamliel shows clip of machine that compresses bottles and cans, and issues refund voucher

Environmentalists and 15 mayors say longstanding exemption for bottles over 1.5 liters hampers recycling efforts and costs public millions of shekels each year

Volunteers, non-governmental groups and entrepreneurs try to salvage at least part of the tonnes of debris that littered the streets after devastating explosion

Gila Gamliel has halted moves to build controversial waste-to-energy plants, and activists hope she will adopt European approach of reduction, reuse and recycling

Minister Gila Gamliel taps as director general David Yahalomi, a strategic planning expert who led environmental projects in Gedera

Moshe Lion, in capital's top job since December 2018, has pushed forward with cleaning the city and erasing its reputation for dirt; the pandemic hasn't changed that

28-year-old New Yorker Anna Sacks is mounting a campaign targeting pharmacy CVS to stop the massive chain from discarding useable, sealed items that could help so many in need

Environmental Protection Ministry given until June to provide response for why deposit doesn't apply to containers larger than 1.5 liters

A storied Massachusetts printing company pushes ‘sustainable’ promotional material -- the Stuff We All Get on the conference circuit -- helping nonprofit causes in the process