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The Economics Committee has approved: The Deposit Act will enter into force at the end of 2021

The winds blew during the Economics Committee hearing, during which opponents of the law argued that more preparation time was needed.

Minister Gamliel replied that corporations had a decade to prepare for a change in reality, and that "the deposit law is a fait accompli and should be internalized."

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Tuesday, 01 December 2020, 14:16

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The Economics Committee today approved the request of the Minister of Environmental Protection, Gila Gamliel, to postpone the application of the deposit law on large beverage bottles per year, so that it will take effect on December 1, 2021. The order was approved almost unanimously, except for MK Pindros who abstained. , announced the office of Gamaliel that beverage companies did not meet collection targets set for them, and therefore imposed the deposit law also bottles of liquor largest instantly. to allow time for preparing the economy for its decision, appealed today stated Gamaliel economic Committee to extend the date the law took effect.

the decision of Gamliel to expand the law met with strong opposition, from the beverage companies, to the large supermarkets and many Knesset members who were present at the debate today. At the beginning of the debate, the committee's chairman, MK Yaakov Margi, was surprised by the unusual presence of many Knesset members. to me.

I wish that every morning it will be here like this, "since many discussions are underway in various Knesset committees even without the permanent members in them. The hall committee filled not only Knesset members, but also long list of speakers - Manufacturers' Association, Rami Levi and environmental organizations.

At the outset, said Minister Gamliel "This is a decision that should have been made a decade ago, and that it has recently been under heavy pressure due to its decision. The Minister mentioned that the committee did not convene a substantive discussion on the decision itself - as it has already been made, but only on the date of entry into force.

" We have convened to decide on the date of application of the deposit only.

We do not need to change the law.

We have registered the application of the deposit in law.

I know the pressures you go through, who like me went through them, at the height of the drama.

But you are elected by the public and you have to do what is good for the public, "the minister said." Anyone who thinks we have convened to discuss whether to apply the law is wrong.

The deposit is a fait accompli and worth internalizing.

We are only discussing the start date. "

According to Gamliel," The deposit is tens of millions of shekels that will return to the citizens and benefit the public and the environment, and not just the beverage companies that have oppressed the public for many years.

The fact that since you took care of 5 more parallel importers, what promotions are we aware of?

Anyone who looks at prices versus the world understands this unbearable lawlessness.

"It is time for the Knesset members to stop representing the beverage manufacturers and representing the public itself, and to demand that the polluters pay. This should be seen before the eyes if they come with clean hands and good faith. The time has come to do this social and environmental justice, and I was glad I had the right. "This matter has not progressed. I had to pay high prices because of this matter, but I am dealing with prices and pressures. What is right to do, is what he will do. This move is good for the public, the environment and the economy."

Gamliel stressed that in light of the requests of the parties over the years, the law was brought to an extension so that it would allow a preparation period greater than 60 days, although in her opinion the law could have been applied within two months.

According to Gamliel, "This period of a maximum of one year is too long in the first place in the face of what the law required - a total of two months. We say: Okay, in light of the circumstances and the pressures exerted on Knesset members, we will allow the year as much as possible. "Infected with too much pressure and navigating to other places, I will withdraw the order and it will take effect within a month."

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Corporations had a decade to prepare for a change in reality

An unusual event occurred during the hearing.

One of the Knesset members asked to discuss the position of the Ministry of Economy, which he received before the debate.

Indeed, a representative of the ministry did not participate in the discussion, and it became clear that the ministry has no official position at all.

Adviser to the Minister of Economy stepped up in front of the committee, saying: "The written position did not reach you from the ministry in any way, but from lobbyists. The Minister of Economy is unequivocally in favor of expanding the law, there are always difficulties in environmental revolutions. The document is not the Minister's opinion. The law. "

Nimrod the Galilee, from the Association of Chambers of Commerce, spoke about the economic burden that will be placed on the shoulders of the food chains, which sell the drink bottles to consumers.

He said, "I am very sorry that we are talking here about a fait accompli. To take the recycling and put them in the food chains, it is an illogical burden that will increase spending 3 times. Today we are in 2020. Make a decision with the Corona crisis this year on 2016 targets. "The minister has discretion and the fact that the previous minister decided not to expand, is a wrong decision. In 2017 they met the target. We filed a petition against the extension of the law, and the court has not yet discussed the matter."

Amir Haik, chairman of the Ella Collection Corporation, expressed concern about the implementation of the law.

“We get into a situation where we try to answer the question and we haven’t even read it,” he said.

"Will the deposit for the big ones be like the big ones, should the small ones be separated from the big ones? It's hundreds of millions of bottles, it's crazy. How many containers can the chains get? The chains are not prepared for it, and what about recycling? "How will businesses collect? We need time to educate the public, to eliminate recycling."

Minister Gamliel responded by saying that corporations had a decade to prepare for a change in reality, while MK Tamar Zandberg said: "There is a recycling corporation here against recycling."

The Ministry of Environmental Protection presented a survey according to which, despite strong opposition from various commercial and Knesset members, the public A geocartography survey for the Ministry of Environmental Protection shows that about 84% support the deposit law and the vast majority are "very supportive."

The new survey also shows that the consumption of beverage bottles averages about 40 bottles per month per household, 19 of them from containers. A large drink. 80% are bought from the great writers, in which vending machines for the quick return of the bottles will be placed, close to the next purchase.

Many Knesset members strongly opposed the very expansion of the deposit throughout the debate, even though the decision on the issue had already been made. This is an additional economic burden on families with children, and referred to the various economic opinions that estimate the additional economic burden on corporations due to the extension of the law.

MK Margie asked the ministry to present an outline according to which it will be clear how the collection will be conducted and what its nature will be. MK Hila Shai and Zan asked who would finance the installation of the vending machines and how they would be deployed in the peripheral cities.

Rami Levy also participated in the discussion, expressed his opposition to the expansion of the law, and warned against the increase in bottle prices.

He said, "They will take the bottle cages, after we have taught the people and a culture has been created and a lot of money has been paid for advertising the array, and we will see the bottles thrown in the trash. To get it out of the trash, we will see the poor people who have no livelihood collect them." "Who will invest the money in the machines? A deposit will increase the price of the water bottle we sell by 20%."

"God Commanded to Save the Earth"

MK Yurai Lahav Herzno, was one of the three Knesset members who supported the course of the Ministry of Environmental Protection. He said, "God has commanded to save the planet.

Today it is a service of extending the law to the public, it is huge.

This is the main challenge of our younger generation.

The climate crisis is what threatens our lives here and that is why I welcome the Minister's decision.

"The accumulated experience makes it possible to face the challenge, and this year is too much. It is possible to face the challenge within six months. I have no doubt that the start-up country with the capabilities and motivation can prepare for it in six months, not a year. Tell us we can not prepare. "For this, it does not make sense. Even from a test they did on the small bottles, the price will not go up."

Rani Eidler, of the Tamir Corporation, opposed the expansion of the law, and proposed deploying more orange bins outside the citizens' homes and continuing with the voluntary collection.

It is important to note that even after the law is expanded, the public will be able to throw the plastic bottles in the orange bins, and these will be sorted and recycled, as is happening today with the bottle cages of the EL Corporation. MK Margie responded to Eidler's remarks, saying: "We gave you 10 "Years to prepare, do not hang. 10 years you rejected the solution, and now it explodes in your face. Do not hang."

Gamliel emphasized in the wake of the lively discourse on the subject of "public education" that the law applies to the entities that manufacture the plastic bottles and profit from their sale, as does the warranty.

"You talk about public education, but let's start with the fact that they will take care of enforcing existing laws. There are stakeholders who are worried that this matter will come to fruition. The question that needs to be asked is not necessarily addressed to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. There are beverage manufacturers, the law applies to them."

Eitan Atia, director general of the 15th Forum, said at the hearing that it was time to uphold the law as it stands and fulfill its purpose. He said that a year is too long a period of time, and that "it should be organized very quickly.

Within three to six months, the law should be enacted.

Any significant change you make, certainly in such things, involves pain.

No matter what is done, it will not be pleasant.

Here, too, there will be birth pangs.

It is good for the environment, for the urban streets from which the cages will be removed, and people who think it is difficult for them because of the extra price, will be able to go to the supermarket and get the refund.

Those who do not want to return - can put the tin in the orange containers. "

MK Tamar Zenberg, who supports the expansion of the law, said at the hearing:" Tamir Corporation wants to put the matter into a law that he trusts. We heard the marketing chains that will be burdened. You do not need a long school day for that. "

According to a survey conducted by Pareto, 65% of the public announced that they would return the bottles to writers or schools that would collect the containers.

In this way, the income for schools and kindergartens will be NIS 120 million a year.

According to Roi Zigelman of the company, the survey is downward biased, since before the enactment of the Bags Act, only 12% indicated that they would reduce use, but in practice the reduction was much larger.

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