According to the outline, the Ministry of the Interior will have a majority in the fund’s board of directors, so that in fact those billions will belong to Makhliali. The debate on the subject will take place tomorrow, with the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, supporting the move. The Ministry of Environmental Protection stated: “The treatment of waste in Israel is significantly behind what is done in the countries of the Western world by decades. Regulating the treatment of waste is a national task that requires advanced regulation, supervision and enforcement, and the investment of financial resources. The Ministry of Environmental Protection is the government body entrusted with the regulation of the field and holds the powers for regulation and enforcement in the field. The cleaning fund in general and the landfill account in particular are the main tool in the implementation of the waste treatment policy.”
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The ministry also stated: “Most of the funds from the landfill levy account are allocated to the establishment of advanced facilities for waste treatment that will be an alternative to landfilling, including facilities for sorting, treatment of organic material and recovery of energy from waste. The rest of the budget in the landfill account is designated and allocated for the most part to promote waste treatment in the local authorities. The use of the account funds The additional funds in the fund are for different and diverse purposes and help the Ministry of Environmental Protection to act to promote environmental protection issues in various and broad areas.”