Survey subjects give themselves high marks for cleaning up, but are critical of their peers; four in ten favor fines for litterbugs

Israel continues to dump a third of food it produces, says report by Leket Israel and Environment Ministry; waste contributes 6% of country's global warming gases

Event in and around Mediterranean, Red Sea and Sea of Galilee aimed at pressing for more marine reserves and better enforcement against litterbugs, single-use plastic ban

NIS 80 million available for cutting plastic bag use, yet no government targets set; Tel Aviv ranked third among 22 Mediterranean beaches for most plastic pollution along coastline

In potential 'revolution from below,' MK Micky Haimovich coaxes officials to stop blocking council efforts to ban single-use plastic in nature and approve bylaw changes

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

At handover ceremony for new director-general, Gila Gamliel sets 10-year deadline for landfill reduction

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