Blue and White MK says all the money and time invested in education, awareness and clean-ups hasn't done the job; need long, 'aggressive' public awareness campaign and fines

Gila Gamliel reexamining entire ministry strategy on waste treatment, including controversial plans, recently approved by planners, to spend NIS 2.8 billion on incineration

Government plans to invest NIS 2.8 billion of an estimated NIS 4 billion cost of the facilities, part of Environment Ministry's strategic plan to reduce polluting landfill

Uptick in enforcement follows report about 28% rise in emissions of known or suspected carcinogenic pollutants as result of illegal refuse burning

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

Israeli company UBQ Materials takes unsorted trash and converts it into plastic pellets, and just released recycling bins in Virginia, their first product to the public

Israelis recycle just 10% of containers and almost no food waste, which could reduce landfills by more than a third. The Times of Israel dives into the world of color-coded bins