The Jerusalem Municipality has agreed with the Tamir Recycling Corporation to place about 2,000 orange bins throughout Jerusalem as Phase A. Mayor: “The orange tanks will also have modern sensors that will display the tank’s capacity and the need to empty it”
Posted on: 2/16/22 8:54 PM
The Jerusalem Recycling Revolution: The Jerusalem Municipality, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Tamir Corporation have agreed on the principles of the agreement for the placement of orange recycling containers throughout the city. The agreement will be submitted to City Council for approval soon.
As is well known, as has been reported more than once, the Jerusalem Municipality took the time before joining the recycling revolution, and in fact is among the last authorities to join the orange bin recycling revolution. According to the agreement signed, within 5 years at least 90 percent of the households in the city will have access to orange tin next to green tin. In the first phase, about 2,000 orange cans will be deployed throughout the city, which will be provided by the Tamir Corporation in the coming months as an immediate response to the public in light of the removal of recycling from the public space, with the expansion of the deposit law for large beverage containers. The full deployment plan for the orange infrastructure throughout the city will be summarized later in the discussions.
The municipality stated that “in parallel with the deployment of the bins, a joint information will be provided by the municipality and the Tamir Corporation to all residents, including the schools, which will include details about the reasons for the separation, how to separate and more.”
Mayor Moshe Leon: “These days, the principles of the agreement with the Tamir Corporation have matured for the deployment of the orange recycling containers throughout Jerusalem. “Modern sensors that will show the tank’s capacity and the need to empty it. It was also agreed on how to dispose of the tanks. All of this is for the environment. I call on the residents of the capital to join the global environmental revolution and influence our future.”
Minister of Environmental Protection, Tamar Zandberg: “I am happy that the Jerusalem Municipality, the capital of Israel, joins the recycling revolution and will allow hundreds of thousands of residents to separate packaging waste originally. Separating waste in the orange bin enables more efficient, economical and environmental recycling. In law. “
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