A year after the tar disaster: This is what the shores of Israel look like now - Walla! Tourism

2022-03-15T09:07:10.738Z

In February 2021, 170 km of the shores of Israel were covered with tar. Now, the cleaning operations have been completed and 1,400 tons of waste and tar have been collected. This is what the beaches look like now at Walla! Tourism

A year after the tar disaster: This is what the shores of Israel look like now

In February 2021, 170 km of Israeli beaches were covered with fresh tar that was emitted during a winter storm. Now, the cleaning operations have been completed and 1,400 tons of waste have been collected and 55 tons of tar have been cleaned.

Ziv Reinstein

15/03/2022

Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 10:00 Updated: 10:58

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Cleaning tar from Palmachim Beach, March 2022 (Photo: Rani Amir, Ministry of Environmental Protection)

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Nature and Parks Authority have completed joint work on cleaning and removing waste from a coastal strip near Palmachim, which is spread over a length of about 9 kilometers, in an area designated to be the "Holot Yavne" nature reserve.

This effectively ended the work of cleaning the shores of Israel that were damaged in the tar disaster ("tar in the storm") that occurred in February 2021

. Nationalities and nature reserves that were severely damaged by the pollution.

Among the beaches that "snatched" the most tar are Rosh Hanikra Beach, Habonim Beach, Palmachim Beach

. More than 15,000 volunteers have participated in cleaning the beaches since then, as part of which hundreds of tons of tar were evacuated from the beaches.

PA employees have spent about 2,000 working days cleaning the tar, which has now come to an end.

In the cleaning project, 1,400 tons of waste were collected and 55 tons of tar waste were cleaned.

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Palmachim Beach has been neglected for years

The last coastal strip cleared in Palmachim borders Tel Yavne-Yam (Palmachim) in the north, in the territory of the Israel Ports Company near the port of Ashdod to the south, and to the east is the Palmachim Air Force Base.

It is divided between the jurisdictions of the Gan Raveh, Hevel Yavne and Ashdod regional councils, and is partly a Galilean area.

This is a wide and natural stretch of beach that has been neglected for many years by all the authorities, and a lot of waste has accumulated in it, including plastic, construction waste and scrap metal, which have been dumped on the beach or ejected from the sea.

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During cleaning, heavy mechanical equipment is required to remove heavy waste, beyond the tar (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority)

Evacuation of construction waste dumped on Palmachim Beach (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority)

1,400 tons of waste were collected and 55 tons of tar waste were collected in Palmachim (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority)

The coastal strip in Palmachim received large portions of tar

In the "Tar in the Storm" event, in February 2021, the Palmach coastal strip suffered significant tar landings.

Many volunteers, including employees of the Nature and Parks Authority and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, as well as soldiers from the nearby Air Force base, worked for many weeks in the field to clean and remove the tar.

During the works, it emerged that the removal of the tar was not enough, but large-scale works, including heavy equipment, were required to remove all the waste on the beach.

The cleaning project, which was initiated and funded by the Ministry of Environmental Protection from the budget for the Prevention of Marine Pollution, was managed by the Palmachim National Park and Parks Authority, in coordination with the IDF following the proximity to fire areas.

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Tarot deposit at Hadera Beach, February 2021 (Photo: GettyImages, Amir Levy)

"Huge amount of waste accumulated"

Rani Amir, director of the National Unit for the Environmental Protection of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said: "This important and unique project that has come to an end, returns to the public a wild and unique open, clean and healthy beach. Years of neglect have led to a lot of waste and hazards "Tar in the storm" was the other hazard that led us to decide to put an end to this. The excellent cooperation with the Nature and Parks Authority led to a huge amount of accumulated waste. We will continue to work and cooperate with all relevant parties, in order to keep Israel's shores clean. "

Yigal Ben-Ari, director of the Marine Unit at the Nature and Parks Authority, said: "The Nature and Parks Authority has been managing more than 55 km of beach for the public.

We will continue to do as much as we can to preserve and protect the sea and the beach and allow the public to enjoy a clean and natural beach. "

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